The study identifies the roles and opportunities for the private sector in Africa’s agro-food industry. It focuses on successful inclusive market development models in Africa and highlights the incentives required for the private sector to capture business opportunities and deepen investment in the agro-food sector. The report explores mechanisms through which the private sector can engage smallholder farmers and turn them from subsistence farmers into agri-enterprises. It presents major regional programmes, an overview of the agro food industry with emphasis on major commodities, demand, supply, import and export, and successful inclusive market development models as well as best practices.