Initiative for Youth in Agricultural Transformation (I.Y.A.T)
Target Impact
- Scale KIC’s proven transformational model and initiatives such as the AgriTech Challenge, Business Booster, and Business Incubation across the 16 regions of Ghana.
- Enable young entrepreneurs in the agriculture and agriculture adjacent sectors to benefit from capacity building, access to finance, and business scaling opportunities.
- Create work opportunities for 163,000 young Ghanaian women and men in the process and impact the lives of 375,000 farmers.
Status: Active
Country
Ghana
Period
2021-2025
Industries
Agriculture
Innovation
Commitment
$16 Million USD
Impact to Date
8
8 start-ups in incubation.
215
215 young women’s capacities have been built under the Women’s Entrepreneurial Bootcamp.
718
718 students have been trained and exposed to opportunities in agriculture through the AgriTech Challenge Classic competition.
15
15 teams have created start-ups, with one of the winning teams championed by a young person with a disability.
118
18 entrepreneurs have participated in the KIC Business Booster program and have created market linkages for their start-ups.
317
317 smallholder farmers have been impacted across the value chain.
Partnership Focus
Scale KIC’s transformational model and initiatives across the 16 regions of Ghana, from a previous three.
Attract, equip, and train approximately 4,800 young entrepreneurs, 360,000 junior high school and senior high school students, tertiary students, graduates, agri-startups, agri-MSMEs and 378,000 smallholder farmers.
Enable young entrepreneurs in the agriculture and agriculture-adjacent sectors to benefit from business scaling opportunities, access to finance, and capacity building for 900 agri-MSMEs and creating work opportunities for 163,000 young Ghanaian women and men in the process.
In Partnership With
The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) is a non-profit organization that invests in young entrepreneurs and small businesses in the agriculture and agriculture-adjacent sectors. The Foundation partnered with KIC to expand their proven and successful model nationwide, to train and equip the next generation of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Ghana’s agriculture sector to drive solutions that unlock growth barriers in key agriculture value chains and create work opportunities for young Ghanaian women and men. The partnership pushes for system level changes that position Ghana as a continental demonstration of agriculture innovations suited to the African context.