Africa Industrial Hemp Forum (Festival) is Africa’s pioneering international Industrial Hemp showdown created with the aim to showcase how industrial hemp can be utilized as a carbon negative raw material that can bring transformational change, sustainable development and wealth creation for Africa in the green economy.
Its maiden version will be held in the form of an Agro-Art and Tech Festival were enchanting musical art and experiential digital technology will be used to showcase the goodness of industrial hemp from farm to products and how it can inspire sustainable living and trigger innovative thinking.
The festival will feature:
•Experiential technology demonstrations and tours of hemp-farms, processing industries, products and innovations
•A Forum were regional, and global experts will teach and share insights
•Exhibitions to show with practical evidence, the purposeful uses of industrial hemp
•Youth and Women empowering industrial hemp craftsmanship and innovation
•Live performances of traditional cultural heritage music, highlighting the connection between music, nature, and hemp
Target Audience:
Policymakers,Decision Makers, Farmers, Agronomists, Researchers, Entrepreneurs,Industrialists,Sustainability Practitioners, Innovators,Art, Tech and Cultural music lovers.
We will be learning about industrial hemp’s socioeconomic, health and environmental stewardship potential and its role in the carbon economy.
In order to fully take advantage of the Africa Free Trade Continental Agreement and mitigate climate change in Africa, we will be hearing keynote speeches from experts who will be highlighting the reasons why Africa should explore industrial hemp to get ahead in the green economy.
A forum with roundtable symposia will be held were panels of discussions on topics including policy making,trade and investment,climate economy,processing and product development will be held.
There will be exhibitions where we will see hemp’s practical uses, a variety of hemp products, equipment, brands and business popups from the African region and beyond that are in this space.Learning, investment and networking opportunities will be availabe for those looking to key into this space.
As a festival, we believe industrial hemp goes well with traditional cultural heritage music so we will be entertained by legendary global artists from Africa who through their high vibrational music will proffer climate solutions to compliment the theme of our event.
