Agrisiti, Mastercard Foundation and partners celebrate emerging agripreneurs at AquaRice 360 pitch competition

As Africa’s youth population continues to expand, initiatives such as the Agrisiti Hybrid Digital Training on Agribusiness and Climate-Smart Skills Programme demonstrate the critical role of partnerships in creating sustainable livelihoods, strengthening food systems, and unlocking young people’s potential to drive inclusive economic growth.0, the University of Port Harcourt, RuForum (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has successfully concluded the AquaRice 360 Pitch Competition, crowning outstanding youth-led agribusiness ventures from across Nigeria and marking the culmination of the Agrisiti Hybrid Digital Training on Agribusiness and Climate-Smart Skills Programme.

The competition brought together some of the programme’s most promising participants, who spent twelve weeks developing practical skills in agribusiness, climate-smart agriculture, entrepreneurship, employability, and business innovation within the rice and aquaculture value chains.