Food safety challenges weigh heavily on Africa, negatively impacting consumer health, business performance and regional and international trade. From incidents related to Aflatoxins contamination, food poisoning, heavy metals contamination, to emerging issues including new bacteria, toxins and antibiotic resistance, the Continent is disproportionately affected by food safety challenges. There is an urgent need to find new ways and technologies to protect Africa’s consumer due to  changes in consumer habits, a rapidly globalising food supply chain, changes in testing protocols for diagnosing food borne illnesses and challenges with regulating and policing food systems in the region.