Director of Policy and State Capability at AGRA, Mr Boaz Keizire, and EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors (IPS&PS), Hon Andrea Ariik Malueth, sample products from youth agribusiness actors at the inaugural East African Youth in Agrifood Systems Expo 2025 (EAYASE25) in Nairobi, Kenya.
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What you need to know:
Building a stronger seat for young agripreneurs in the EAC
In less than a year, the EAC Secretariat, with support from AGRA, has translated a youth convening in Nairobi into a validated regional platform, a structured capacity-building programme and a live digital stage connecting young agripreneurs to opportunities, knowledge, markets and partnerships. Six youth-led agribusinesses have also been profiled for investor matchmaking through the region’s first EABC Regional Investment Profile Catalogue.
