Business Leadership for Youth in Agripreneurship in Central Africa

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Business Leadership for Youth in Agripreneurship in Central Africa

Call for Application

Creating economic growth and opportunities for youth in agriculture is critically important in securing and strengthening the future of agriculture sector in Africa. This will play a critical role in addressing a range challenges among them unemployment, poverty and inequality. This is important especially given the understanding that agriculture sector is currently the largest employer, accounting for about 43% of total employment in Africa, with huge future potentials to provide productive employment and entrepreneurial opportunities especially in the rural areas. The need to strengthen youth in agriculture is further necessitated by the growing un-employment, partly attributed to fast growing youth population in the region. The demographic trends indicate that 60% of the world’s labor force growth between 2010 and 2050 will be in Africa – a continent whose 60% of the population is currently is below 25 years old.

January 18, 2024 Ordering Information

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Objectives

i. To provide learning for strategic leadership for youth-led agripreneurships in Central Africa region.
ii. To enhance understanding of existing policy environment and legal frameworks in the context of agricultural entrepreneurships and their role in enhancing an enabling environment for youth-led agripreneurships in the region.
iii. To facilitate sharing of experiences, peer learning on innovative actions and networking among youth in agripreneurships in Central African region

Eligibility

Eligible candidates must meet the following requirements:
i. Be the founder/manager of an innovative agripreneurship based in any Central African countries
ii. Sustainability and scalability of your business model can be demonstrated
iii. Have at least basic knowledge of spoken and written English. Application can be submitted in English or French. The working languages will be English and French
iv. Eligibility and availability to travel to Kinshasa, DRC between 6th and 9th March 2024
v. Not older than 35 years.

How to apply
Interested individuals should submit the following documents:
1. Curriculum vitae, not more than 2 pages of the agripreneurship leader;
2. Summary of the agripreneurship mentioning what it does and its value preposition (2-pages maximum)
3. Letter of motivation indicating why you would like to participate in the training
All documents must be submitted as one PDF to erick.omollo@kas.de
Deadline for applications: 22nd January 2024. Only applications received by this deadline will be reviewed.