24 January 2022 marks the 4th ‘International Day of Education”. As societies around the world face the ongoing challenges of climate change, hunger and gender inequality, education is one of the key drivers of future sustainable communities. Education, in its widest perspective, needs to be re-shaped so that it can “fully realizing the transformational potential of education as a route for sustainable collective futures” (Reimagining our futures together, UNESCO 2021). The Agripreneurship Alliance, with its partners across Africa, is demonstrating one way that creative approaches to education can enable university students in Africa to build upon their academic learning.