Food4Education named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential companies

Food4Education (F4E), a Kenyan non-profit that seeks to eradicate childhood hunger by mainstreaming scalable and high-quality school feeding, has been named to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

The annual list by the American magazine, now on its fourth edition, highlights companies making an extraordinary impact around the world.

“In only 25 years, one in four people will be African - this seismic demographic shift underscores the urgency of expanding locally-rooted school feeding programs as a crucial investment in our shared future. It also represents a significant opportunity to build more resilient, just, and sustainable food systems across the continent,” said Wawira Njiru, CEO, Food4Education.

“Today serves as proof of the transformative power of food in changing lives. As an African non-profit, we take immense pride in being recognized in the TIME100 list, alongside numerous innovative and impactful companies worldwide.”

From feeding 25 kids from a single makeshift kitchen in 2012, F4E has evolved into a large-scale operation that now provides over 300,000 meals daily across the country.

Working across multiple value chains, F4E sits at the heart of a locally-powered network that includes thousands of smallholder farmers (75% women-led), a trusted pool of aggregators, a 30,000 ft warehouse, 20 centralized and 55 semi-centralized rural kitchens reaching more than 1,000 schools.

Food4Education Board Chair Kristin Groos Richmond commented; “Having co-founded and worked as the CEO of Revolution Foods delivering healthy school meals in the United States, I understand the profound impact that access to nutritious food can have on a child’s ability to learn and thrive.

Witnessing the dedication of F4E in tackling childhood hunger in Africa is deeply personal to me. I am honored to support F4E and its innovative approach to transforming lives through nutrition and education, which this extraordinary award by TIME so aptly recognises.”