In Kigali, Africa's agricultural leaders gathered not to deliberate but to demand: two decades of diagnosis have produced a continent that knows its ailments yet still imports what it could grow. The Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 marked a collective turning point, where the language of ambition gave way to the language of accountability — and a $200 million blended-finance facility for East Africa offered the first proof that capital, not just conviction, is beginning to move.