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A JEUNESSE AFRICAINL'AGROBUS N SS

A p r i l 2 5 . 2 6 i m i 2017 • I I T A l b , d , n N , s 11.1

The first African Youth Agripreneur Forum ( A Y A F ) and AgriPitch competition were held in Ibadan Nigeria from

23rd-26th Apr i l 2017

• The Forum was attended by over 250 participants from 3 0 countries across Africa, Europe, lat in America and North America

• The A Y A F was preceded by a two-day coaching and training bootcamp for AgriPitch finalists. T opics discussed included:

the innovation development process, the essentials of creating start-ups, the imperatives for growing a business sustainably,

the need to stay in competition, the dynamics of change in meeting consumer demands, intellectual property rights, among others

• AgriPitch proposais covered ICT services, production, processing, financial services, etc.

• The top three AgriPitch finalists were invited to the AfDB Annual Meeting held in Ahmedabad lndia, where they received their prizes.

AYAF Participants

PROGRAM

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP

300,000 Agribusinesses 1.5 Million Jobs for Youth

ln the next 5 years

Agriculture ls Cool: Engaging Africa's Youth

Feed Africa Nourrir l'Afrique

Sub-Saharan Africa ., 2017 Population: 1,014,318,745

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Male

An innovative solution to youth employment

lmproving the Enabling Environment for decent youth employment

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Linking young graduates to incubators for training along the agriculture value chain and for business development skills

Input lndustry Primary

Production First Level· Processing

Second Level Processing

Distrib!,!tion and' arketing

Training will focus on the 18 priority value chains identified in the AfDB's Feed Africa Strategy for Agriculture

Transformation 2016-2025

Wheat in North Africa

Sorghum, millet, hcowpea, and livestock

across the Sahel

Rice in West Africa

Maize, soybean livestock, and poultry across the Guinea Savannah

Tree crops (including cocoa, coffee, cashew, and oil palm), horticulture and fish farming across ail of Africa

Facilitating access to finance through risk sharing mechanisms and by building the capacity o f financial institutions to design innovative products for the youth.

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(i) policy dialogue on issues such as skills development, land tenure withrespect to youth, employmentservices, etc.; and (ii) changing the"mindset/ attitude" o f agriculture as aviable and profitable business.

Program Coordination

Monitoring and Evaluation

(i) training the agripreneurs along the agricul-tural value chain; (i) training on businessdevelopment skills such as marketing,financial management, business plandevelopment, etc.; and (ii) mentorship, jobattachment, and agribusiness incubation.

Knowledge management and information exchange Linkages to other initiatives (Agropoles, youth entrepreneurship, gender empowerment)

Ojfh , O G R A M

Where we want to be

Where are we now?

• Ove r 3 0 countries have expressed interest in the program.

Re-aligning incentives for commercial banks and other financial institutions to reduce lending risks for the financing institutions (Fis) and building the capacities o f both Fis and agripreneurs through a variety o f instruments such as Risk Sharing Facilities and Start-up Seed Grant funds .

• Six projects with ENABLE Youth components have been approved for a total o f USD million.

15 E N A BLE Y outh projects are included in the 2017-2019 project pipeline.

DRC

Nigeria

Sudan

Cameroon

Malawi

Zambia

ENABLE Youth DRC

ENABLE Youth Nigeria

ENABLE Youth Sudan

Projet de développement des chaines de valeur agricole

Agricultural Infrastructure and Youth Agribusiness project

Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project

Total

Amount (USD million)

56

525

28

101

22

42

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