AgriFood Youth Opportunity Lab to help youth access employment

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AgriFood Youth Opportunity Lab will encourage youth to participate in the fast-growing horticulture, aquaculture, poultry, cassava and oilseed sectors in Nigeria and Tanzania. The partnership will also assist economically disadvantaged, hard-to-reach out-of-school youth as they transition into employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the agri-food system.

The MasterCard Foundation and MSU will launch this initiative at the AgriFood Youth Opportunity Lab Private and Public Sector Plenary and Launch Reception.

When:

Monday, 15 May 2017 from 4pm - 5.30pm
Press conference at 5.30pm.

Where:

Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel
Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island

Who:

• Alemayehu Konde Koira, senior programme manager, Youth Livelihoods, The MasterCard Foundation

• Dr. Julie Howard, Agrifood Youth Opportunity Lab director and senior advisor, associate provost and dean, International Studies and Programmes, MSU

• Dr. Adesoji Adelaja, Hannah Distinguished professor in Land Policy, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, MSU

• Oyindamola Asaaju, youth agripreneur, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

• Dr. Kenton Dashiell, deputy director general for Partnerships for Delivery, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

• Jacob Gbemiga Adewale, provost of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH)

• Bunmi Akinyemiju, managing director and CEO, Venture Garden Group Nigeria

Journalists are encouraged to register by 2pm on Friday, 12 May 2017.