Africa Projects Development Centre

Creating Sustainable Youth MSMEs Through Urban Farming.

About

Project Goal And Objectives

The goal of the Creating Sustainable Youth MSMEs Through Urban Farming project is to create jobs and provide incomes for African youth who are attracted to urban agriculture but are not able to get jobs, capital, or credit to establish or operate their agribusinesses.

Target Beneficiaries

360 direct unemployed graduate youth
360 other youth to be directly employed as farm workers and assistants.
1,800 youth receiving indirect jobs through employment multiplier of 2.5 (720 direct jobs x 2.5).
Over 18,000 indirect participants (traders, artisans, etc.) in the value chain (250 participants per cluster enterprise).
1,440 agro-dealers and input suppliers impacted by trade
36,000 smallholder farmers living adjacent to the enterprises through extension outreach.
Financial institutions through increased bankable pipelines and lending volume of portfolios.
Other agricultural value chain actors including government ministries, industries, and offtakers.

Components

Project Components

Agripreneur Incubation and Training

On-farm

Youth Agripreneurs Skills Development

Non-farm

Catalyzing Access to Finance and Market

Non-farm

Project Implementation

Including Coaching, Mentoring, Outreach, Reporting and Audit

Project Communication

Strategy And Donor Visibility

The initiative will facilitate and leverage on the experience of the incubation centres on knowledge management to promote the activities of the project using the development
communication approach model. It will utilize modern information and communication technology (ICT) tools to give visibility and credit of the project for the benefit of donors,
implementers, and beneficiaries.

A Visibility Plan will Build On Consultations Through Implementation Of The Component Activities As Follows:

Services Brochure

Within the one month, the Consortium will design a brochure specific to the FAPA activity, describing services and modalities of the Project. This brochure will be disseminated to all stakeholders involved in the project and will include the FAPA and Bank logos.

Communications with AfDB FAPA Secretariat:

APDC will maintain regular communication with the FAPA Secretariat through AHAI Department.

Communication with stakeholders

The Project will publish a semi-annual newsletter aimed at informing the public (including private sector and government collaborators, implementing partners, and beneficiaries). The purpose will be to build visibility around urban farming.

Technical reports and Workshop Proceedings

These will be published to demonstrate to potential private sector investors and government policy makers that youth are the future agripreneurs based on their success stories.

Exchange and Tours

Consortium will provide regular opportunities for youth interns and agripreneurs to meet, blend and interact with other youth from the three countries for exchange of knowledge and skills, and will participate at the AfDB organized annual Africa Youth Agripreneurship Forum (AYAF).

Past Beneficiaries

SYMUF PROJECT

Nzigire Buhendwa Sarah

A young farmer in transformation. Its activity focuses on the manufacture of vinegar, and the manufacture of porridge flour.

Succes Stories

Putting you in touch with a printer for the visibility of your product,
Legalization of the company after the training.

Kuburhamulume Bahati Bienfait

A young farmer in aquaculture where he sets up his fish cages on Lake Kivu

Succes Stories

Creating a job (a caretaker),
Connecting with buyers through training,
Expanding sales scopes,
Introducing business plan methods into your business (Calculating profitability),
Calculating fish feed rates

Murhula Mulemaza Elie

Is a young horticultural farmer whose field is located in Kabare (Lwiro), growing cassava, beans and maize. He rents a 4-hectare space where all his crops are installed. Starting out with broiler chicken and pig farming, in 2021 he was forced to stop his activities having been robbed by thieves and him.

Succes stories

Legalization of the business after the training and is awaiting national identification,
Creation of employment for casual work at least 15 workers according to needs,
Schooling of children through this activity,
Payment of rent,
Payment of medical care Meet the primary needs of the household
Process of an agricultural loan at Coopec Cahi,
Opening of a bank account for the company.

Aganze Bahizire Alain

A young farmer in aquaculture where he concentrates on the processing of fresh fish into salted and smoked fish. His business is located in Bukavu in the Saio district, more precisely his activity is done from home.