Transformed agri-food ideas
The Food Innovation and Technology Hub (FIT-Hub), established under the University of Malawi’s Centre for Resilient Agri-Food Systems (CRAFS) in April 2025 with World Bank funding through IUCEA, aims to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in Malawi’s agri-food systems while ensuring intellectual property protection.
Empowering food tech and agri-food entrepreneurs by providing incubation support, cutting-edge research, mentorship, and market linkages, accelerating scalable innovations that enhance food security, reduce waste, improve nutrition, promote climate resilience, and drive inclusive economic growth while bridging academia and industry.
To be Malawi’s leading incubation hub for food innovation and technology, driving sustainable agri-food businesses.
We are deeply rooted in the following Core Values: Sustainability, Resilience, Impactful, Inclusivity, and Quality and Safety
“FIT-Hub is committed to transforming Malawi’s agri-food ecosystem by empowering innovators, strengthening research-to-market pathways, and fostering sustainable growth through collaboration and technology.”
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Facilitating the prototyping of novel food products to test feasibility, functionality, and consumer response before moving to production.
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Supporting digital platforms for knowledge sharing and market linkages for incubatees.
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Facilitating partnerships between incubatees, academia and public/private organisations.
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Providing services towards product development and food analysis and product profitability assessment.
A snapshot of the progress and impact of FIT-HUB in promoting and nurturing a culture of entrepreneurship and inventions on Agri-food systems and product development and processing innovations in Malawi.
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