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Young women take the lead in Pitch AgriHack

Since the launch of CTA’s Pitch AgriHack Talent Initiative in 2013, over 1 million farmers and agricultural stakeholders have benefited from services provided by start-up companies involved in its annual competitions. Their ICT-based innovations ha…

Accelerating youth agri-incubators in Africa - Lessons from Nigeria

Since business incubation/acceleration initiatives, especially in agriculture, are new to Africa, the adoption and the consistent recording and analysis of their impact is still work in progress. Prompted by youth employment or under-unemployment, in…

14 January 2019

by Michael Sudarkasa and Wole Odetayo

Location:

Mount Kenya

Cascaded mentoring for successful youth agripreneurship in Africa

Guidance from business professionals or peers can provide valuable support for young entrepreneurs just starting out. Here, Blessing Mene from Nigeria, and Hermann Tossou from Benin, both 29, describe how they have benefited from mentoring – and ho…

Dossier: Scaling

Strategies for scaling agricultural innovations

Agricultural innovations must have a more substantial impact to meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 – which call for a concerted effort from the public and private sectors, as well as farmers and processors. To m…

Entrepreneurship

Stimulating production through public-private partnerships

By creating stronger value chains around ‘champions’ in agribusiness, the incubator programme, 2SCALE, is helping small-scale farmers enter local and regional markets and enabling an increase in the scale of production.

30 October 2018

by Aaron Akinocho and Claude Biao

Location:

Benin

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Sep 8

Conference

2nd Africa Rural Development Forum

Thursday, 8 September 2016 – Friday, 9 September 2016

The 2nd Africa Rural Development Forum, taking place from 8 to 10 September 2016 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, is organised in the framework of the …

Jan 1

Project

Business intelligence services for price risk management in the maize, rice, millet and sorghum sectors in West Africa

Friday, 1 January 2016 – Friday, 31 August 2018

Cereals in West Africa are part of the basic diet of the population and are an important source of income for many small producers. The cereal trade accounts for a significant share of intra-regional trade and has significant potential for improving food security and livelihoods. However, many obstacles deter the development of this trade, including the lack of reliable information and analysis…

Nov 24

Conference

Plug and Play event and meeting of GIZ Green Innovation Centres

Tuesday, 24 November 2015 – Friday, 27 November 2015

An international workshop on ICT-based solutions will take place in collaboration with GIZ within the scope of its Global Programme on 'Innovation Centres for Agriculture and Food Sector'. The programme will gather participants from some of the 12 African countries where it is implemented: Benin, B…

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31 Results in articles

Young women take the lead in Pitch AgriHack

Accelerating youth agri-incubators in Africa - Lessons from Nigeria

Cascaded mentoring for successful youth agripreneurship in Africa

Strategies for scaling agricultural innovations

Stimulating production through public-private partnerships

3 Results in projects and events

2nd Africa Rural Development Forum

Business intelligence services for price risk management in the maize, rice, millet and sorghum sectors in West Africa

Plug and Play event and meeting of GIZ Green Innovation Centres

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