The Sweetpotato Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice (SS-CoP) Eighth Consultation was held from 21-22 November 2017 at Pride Inn, Nairobi, Kenya. The planning and review meeting was attended by the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) project pre-basic seed (PBS) system sub-grantees. There were 24 participants from 11 countries – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Zambia. The participants were predominantly sweetpotato breeders, and seed systems scientists implementing business plans for sustainable production of sweetpotato seed.