The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) AfriCenter, hosted by the regional offi ce of the International Potato Center (CIP) on the campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, was established in July 1994.

The AfriCenter is one of the global networks of ISAAA centers, comprising the AmeriCenter, based at the Cornell University, Ithaca, USA and the SEAsiaCenter, based in Manila, the Philippines.

ISAAA is a small, responsive, non-bureaucratic network that monitor and evaluate the availability of biotechnology for transfer to the developing countries.An international board of directors that oversee programmatic, organizational and policy strategies guides our activities. Our mission is to contribute to poverty alleviation by increasing crop productivity and income generation, particularly for resource-poor farmers in Africa, and to bring about a safer environment and more sustainable agricultural development.