Biochar can help Africa restore soils, build resilience, and create inclusive green enterprise.
This event brings together farmers, researchers, policymakers, investors, and partners around one practical idea — and the work it will take to put it into action across the continent.
What is the African Biochar Alliance?
The African Biochar Alliance is a collaborative platform focused on advancing biochar across Africa.
Its purpose is to bring together organisations, experts, farmers, public institutions, and investors who want to use biochar as part of a broader solution for soil health, agricultural productivity, land restoration, waste conversion, carbon value, and sustainable rural development.
Awareness alone is not enough.
There is a need to build shared understanding, practical collaboration, and a common direction for action. This event is intended to move the discussion from general interest to implementation.
Restore African soils
Across many regions, soils are losing organic matter, fertility, and water-holding capacity. Biochar offers a practical tool within regenerative agriculture to rebuild soil function and support long-term productivity.
Turn biomass into value
Agricultural residues, forestry waste, and organic by-products are often underused or openly burned. Biochar creates a pathway to convert these materials into a high-value input for soils and local enterprise.
Strengthen farmer livelihoods
This is not only about soil improvement. It is also about improving the economics of farming through healthier soils, stronger yields, local production systems, and future carbon-linked opportunities.
Build climate resilience
Biochar can support climate-smart agriculture by improving soil structure, moisture retention, microbial life, and long-term carbon storage, making it relevant to food security and restoration agendas.
A system under pressure
The challenges we're responding to are connected. Each one points to the same opportunity — a chance to restore soils, reduce waste, and rebuild rural economies through practical, scalable action.
Soil Degradation
The foundation of agriculture is being eroded. Soils across Sub-Saharan Africa are degrading faster than they regenerate.
Climate Vulnerability
Farmers are on the frontline of climate change. Increasing droughts, floods, and unpredictable seasons threaten food security.
Waste as Lost Value
Agricultural biomass is burned instead of monetised. Millions of tonnes of crop residues are lost each year.
Farmer Income Crisis
Farmers produce value but do not capture it. They receive only a fraction of the final price.
A summit for the people building the system
The summit is designed for the institutions and individuals shaping how biochar moves from concept to deployment across Africa.
Commercial farmers & cooperatives
Operators looking to integrate biochar into existing farming and land-use systems.
Government ministries & agencies
Public institutions shaping agricultural, environmental, and climate policy.
Development partners & NGOs
Programmes supporting smallholder agriculture, restoration, and rural enterprise.
Researchers & universities
Scientific contributors working on soils, biochar, MRV, and climate-smart agriculture.
Investors, banks & funding institutions
Capital partners interested in regenerative carbon, blended finance, and project pipelines.
Verifiers, OEMs, legal & commodity traders
Market enablers — verification bodies, equipment manufacturers, legal advisors and traders.
Join us in shaping the next phase
The African Biochar Alliance welcomes collaboration from institutions, project developers, investors, public agencies, researchers, and implementation partners who want to contribute to a practical African platform for scaling biochar solutions.
This event is the place to begin those conversations, identify common ground, and shape the next phase of coordinated action.