As calls grow to decolonize African food systems, advocates push beyond aid and exports, calling for a change in the narrative to nourishment. Nutrition Insight explores how Germany’s trade and aid policies affect African food systems and why local control and nutrition must come first. We continue our conversation with experts from German Watch and Power Shift Africa, who call for a decisive shift — not just in funding but in power — toward African-defined priorities that nourish rather than merely feed, in a newly launched report.