Members of the Youth Advisory Group of Solutions for Youth Employment are leading creative agricultural solutions and empowering their peers to do the same. Young people are hungry for job opportunities. In 2022, 69 million young people who were looking for a job were unable to find one. At the same time, we know that agricultural development ...

Young people prepare freshly harvested vegetables for sale at People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ), a grassroots organization, in Chibombo District, central Zambia, April 17, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Banda/Xinhua) In the presence of climate change and agricultural land becoming increasingly scarce, especially in urban areas, smart and sustainable agriculture practices such ...

Group photo of workshop participants The African Development Bank successfully concluded a three-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at enhancing its Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Employment (ENABLE) Youth Program in preparation for its next phase. The ENABLE Youth program helps young African men and women access financing to grow their enterprises. Currently active in 15 countries ...

https://youtu.be/SzKrPKKeqF4 Africa’s food and agriculture market could reach US$1 trillion, up from US$280 billion in 2023, with over US$60 billion spent on food imports yearly. There is increasing realization that much of this food could be produced locally on the continent, creating jobs and opportunities for African youth. In many ways, one unique aspect of ...

Mr. Kgabeng, 24,  is co-founder of Anton Tech – an AI research company that seeks to transform the agriculture industry. He spoke to Nathan Hastings-Spaine for Africa Renewal about his start-up: Many brilliant ideas never come to pass because someone was afraid to go out and offer their solution to the world. Lose your fear of failure because ...

FILE – A worker picks avocados from a tree in an orchard at the Afrupro avocado plantation in Tzaneen, South Africa, March 10, 2021. A new report says Africa’s agrifood sector — which involves the processing, packaging and selling of locally produced food — could be the key to boosting employment rates, income and food ...