In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed to the board of the transnational food corporation Nestlé . In December last year, the same centre announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nestlée . This signalled their intent to shape “the future of food and nutrition research and education” and transform “Africa’s food systems” Across African universities, companies with products that are harmful to health fund health-related research and