African Agripreneurs Youth Forum

24th April 2017
by secretary

Paepard

25 – 26 April 2017. Ibadan, Nigeria. The AYA Forum is being organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with CTA, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN). About 250 young agripreneurs from across Africa, as well as institutional and business partners, are expected to attend.

Extract of the programme

Experiences of African Youth Agripreneurs

Mercy Wakawa, Groundnut Oil, Nigeria
Gael Murara, CEO, GroceWheels, Rwanda
Joyce Kyalema, Josmak Int’l Ltd, Uganda
Noel Mulinganya, Cassava Flour, DRC

Unique Perspectives and Successes of Youth Agripreneurship

Emna Ben Mustapha, Aquaspir, Tunisia
Kimani Muturi, MD, Afribanana, Uganda
Awa Caba, CEO Sooretul, Senegal
Beauty Manake, MD, Kunga Farms, Botswana
Evelyn Ohanwusi, IITA Agripreneur

Innovative Finance that Works for Youth in Agribusiness

Anna Samake, Senior Partner, AHL Venture
John Magnay, Agric. Specialist, Opportunity Bank
Mamadou Toure, CEO, Ubuntu Capital
Godfrey Mwindaare, Director, Acumen Capital

Related:

23 and 24 April 2017. As a pre-event to the AYA Forum, CTA will run, on, a workshop entitled Accelerating Youth Agriculture Entrepreneurship Using ICTs. This workshop is designed for partners including development organisations, venture capitalists, young start-up companies, farmer organisations and representatives of national entrepreneurship programmes.

The workshop will review the results of CTA’s AgriHack Talent initiatives, and consider how to scale up this kind of business promotion. It will also discuss proposals for supporting youth agribusinesses via stronger ICT business services, and look at technical partnership and funding opportunities.

Find out more

The publication An ICT Agripreneurship Guide – A Path to Success for Young ACP Entrepreneurs will be available for download as of Wednesday 26 April
Read about the AgriPitch Entrepreneurship Competition – finalists will be selected at the AYA Forum.
Keep an eye on the AYA Forum hashtag, #AgriPitch2017, on Twitter.

Source: PAEPARD FEED

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