In Brief Smart Africa and the Food and Agriculture Organization are trying to move African agricultural AI beyond pitch decks and pilots. The third edition of the Innovate Africa Challenge is focused on proven AI-driven solutions for climate-smart agriculture that can be deployed in a Smart Africa member... The third edition of the Innovate Africa Challenge is focused on proven AI-driven solutions for climate-smart agriculture that can be deployed in a Smart Africa member state. We have written about Africa Atlas and Umoja for African language models and about Deep Learning Indaba teams tackling Africa code-switching AI gap. That is why Smart Africa and FAO involvement matters.