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A powerful joint project implemented by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the Ustadi Foundation, with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The Youth Economic Empowerment through Agribusiness in Kenya (Vijabiz)
VijaBiz aim is to boost business and employment opportunities for youth in the Agricultural sector in Kenya’s Kilifi and Nakuru Counties. Through promoting innovative, attractive and sustainable employment for youth by providing training, coaching and mentorship in the entrepreneurship and business skills needed to develop and run successful agricultural enterprises for 150 youth groups, comprising more than 1,000 agribusinesses and 2,250 youth.
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Success Stories
Vijabiz project changed the fortunes of Kibaokiche Group…and was a wake-up call for rural youth in Kaloleni sub-county…
The Kibaokiche Fish Farmers Youth Group, working in the Kaloleni sub-county in Kilifi county, has been farming fish since June 2018.Before joining the Vijabiz project,we lacked the skills and knowledge…
SUSTAINABLY EMPLOYING YOUTH IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR THROUGH THE VIJABIZ PROJECT…
Kilifi Mwelekeo Fisheries Group and Jiinue VI Smart (JIVIS) in Kilifi County These two youth groups are based in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi county. The groups and their members are located…
How vijabiz ICT training boosted greenbelt youth group dairy business in Nakuru County.
IN March 2017, a group of 12 young people aged between 20 and 35 came together under a a shared vision:’Provide a collaborative platform, pull resources together to raise our…
ICTs STRENGTHENING YOUTH AGRIBUSINESSES
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) offers an abundance of benefits to users especially in soci economic aspects, yet much of this potential remains untapped particularly in the case of young men…
CEREALS VALUE CHAIN: Tiger and SPEAK youth groups in Nakuru and Kilifi Counties respectively, benefitted from life changing capacity building programs for their businesses…
In two distinct regions in Kenya, high youth unemployment, as well as the ever-present threat of food insecurity, we encouraged two youth groups to take action. Tiger Group and SPEAK…
