Vihiga County’s Department of Agriculture in partnership with Business Acceleration for Young Entrepreneurs (BAYE) in Africa and the German Corporation GIZ has conducted a sensitization workshop for young agripreneurs.
The 15 agripreneurs selected from each of the five sub-counties have been onboarded for an eight-month mentorship programme.
BAYE- Africa Founder and Managing Director (MD) Fredrick Otieno said the programme would take a business, industrial and peer to peer mentorship approach in its implementation.
Otieno stated that they would focus on input suppliers right from production, processing and distribution, those doing on-farm feed formulation so as to bring down the cost of production as well as those undertaking brand development and digital marketing.
He said each mentor would have three mentees to ensure continuity in terms of imparting skills to more and more beneficiaries.
The County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Development Nicholas Kitungulu lauded the partners for engaging the youths in agribusiness for socio-economic empowerment.
He further urged the young entrepreneurs to ensure they brand their products so that they carve for themselves niches in the market.
By Sammy Mwibanda
