Three young agric-tech innovators in Nigeria have emerged final winners of this year’s Agriculture, Youth and Technology (AYuTe) Africa Challenge Nigeria, an enterprise development programme initiated by Heifer International. The programme set out to identify, nurture and support innovative, relevant, and technology-driven agric-centric enterprises that grow, scale and help smallholder farmers to thrive in Africa. The keenly contested challenge recorded …

Heifer International’s AYuTe Africa Challenge on Monday launched a national competition which offers young entrepreneurs in Nigeria the opportunity to pitch for investment in their agritech solutions to boost the incomes and productivity of Africa’s smallholder farmers. “This competition provides an opportunity for young innovators in Nigeria to secure the funding and visibility they need to scale up their agritech …