PABRA and APNI Partner to Strengthen Bean Value Chain Workforce through PABRA Academy

At a high-level event in Nairobi on April 8, 2025, the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) and APNI unveiled the PABRA Academy to strengthen research capacity and transform Africa’s bean value chains.

Silence. Anticipation. Excitement. Then—applause. Cheers break out. Such was the electric mood at the Biodiversity Bites Dinner in Nairobi, Kenya on 8th April 2025, when Jean Claude Rubyogo—Global Bean Programme Leader at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, and Director of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)—stepped forward to make an important announcement. He unveiled the PABRA Academy, a bold and forward-looking capacity-building initiative designed to close critical gaps along the bean value chain and empower actors from field to fork.