Agribusiness and Communication Competition for Youth in Africa

Agribusiness and Communication Competition for Youth in Africa

Enactus, an international NGO, and Syngenta, one of the world’s leading companies in the agricultural sector, launched an Africa Agribusiness Competition that encourages youth in Africa to generate creative business ideas to improve the agricultural productivity of certain crop value chains.

Through the online platform http://www.agribiz4africa.com, youth between 18-30 years from Sub Saharan Africa are invited to submit a 500 word business ideas essay that will be judged by leading agribusiness academia from East and West Africa. The best 25 contestants will each receive a USD 1,000 grant to test the viability of their idea. The best three among them will then be competitively selected by a recognized panel of agribusiness leaders and invited to attend the important AGRF Forum on African agriculture to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in early September, where they will have a chance to mingle with some of Africa’s most influential thought leaders and receive due recognition reward for their effort and ideas.

In recognition of the need to position agriculture as an attractive occupation for young people, youth with talent in the creative arts have a special category in which to compete dubbed the “Agriculture Video Messaging Competition.” Through online submission on the same website, entrants are invited to create messages that depict agricultural activities from farm-to-fork as “COOL.” The entries will be judged by leading academia in the communication field from which the top 20 entries will be selected. From these finalists, a judging panel comprised of recognized leaders in the communication and advertisement industry will select the top 3, who will also travel to Addis Ababa for the award ceremony.

All entries have to be submitted by June 10, 2014. For more information please visit the website: http://www.agribiz4africa.com.

The objective of the Syngenta – Enactus (K) Agribusiness Competition is to raise awareness amongst the youth and key stakeholders in agriculture, of the enormous business opportunities within agricultural value chains across Africa, and to attract young people to actively engage in shaping this vital industry.

For more information please go to:
http://www.enactus.org/country/kenya/
http://www.syngenta.com

If you are a passionate young farmer between 18 and 30 visit the website http://www.agribiz4africa.com to get all necessary information about the competition and make sure to come up with a fresh, new idea to show that Zimbabwean Young Farmers have the potential to play a leading role in the green revolution in Africa!!!
If you need any help or assistance with your proposals, please feel free to send them in to the following Email addresses until the 4th of June or come by the office at ZFU Headquarters (102 Fife Avenue, Harare):
Newton Chari Garikayi (charin@zfu.org.zw)
Charlotte Duevel (cduevel@zfu.or.zw)

Let us take another step to break the barriers!!!