Rita is an accountant by training but has lots of passion for agriculture. She approached her parents after her studies at the University that she wanted to venture into agriculture but she was discouraged and was advised to search for white collar jobs. Rita was not ready for any limitation as she made use of […]
As Cameroon implements the ENABLE Youth program in the country, about thirty-two people have been trained to take up the responsibility of Coordinators of Youth Agribusiness Incubation Center (YABIC). The training titled “Boosting Africa’s agriculture to master the future, make it happen” was organized in partnership with the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVC-DP). The[…..]
IITA Youth Agripreneurs is exploring areas of partnership with the Oluponna Fish Farming and Resource Centre (OFFERCentre) in Iwo Osun State on youth empowerment along the agricultural value chain. To foster the partnership, the Director General of IITA, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga and the team of agripreneurs visited the OFFERCentre on the 25th of October to[…..]
As part of the preparation for the pilot phase of the ENABLE Youth Program in Cote d’Ivoire, about twenty young people selected for the pilot phase of the project visited IITA for orientation exercise with the IITA Youth Agripreneurs. The youth who were exposed to some of the technologies of IITA and the agribusiness enterprises[…..]
IYA is giving more youth the opportunity to venture into agribusiness by providing trainings along the value chains of agricultural commodities. The training organized under the ENABLE-TAAT platform focused on cassava production and commercialization for unemployed young graduates who are willing to venture into the production of the commodities. Selecting 21 youths from the[…..]
The ENABLE TAAT project is supporting the establishment of twenty three more independent agribusiness enterprises. The owners of the businesses were given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas before a team of experts from Ekimiks Nigeria Limited at the ENABLE TAAT Implementation workshop held in Nairobi between 20 to 24 August. The workshop tagged[…..]
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Stuart Symington, accompanied by the Political and Economic Officer from the office of the US Consulate, General Benjamin Williams, paid a courtesy visit to IITA on 28 August to meet the IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) and learn more about the progress of the Youth-in-Agribusiness initiative. Ambassador Symington and Williams were[…..]
A commercial bank in Nigeria, Sterling Bank Plc is exploring areas of partnership with IITA on an agribusiness financing loan scheme for “Agripreneurs” who have been trained and mentored by the Institute. The agribusiness financing scheme known as the Agribusiness Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) is a voluntary initiative of the Bankers’ Committee to support the Federal[…..]