One of Nigeria's most influential youth-oriented agribusiness organizations took part in a high-profile international workshop earlier this year to explore strategies aimed at improving participants' management skills.

1. Young Nigerian Agribusiness
Entrepreneurs Hone Management
Skills
By Cecilia Ibru

2. Introduction
● One of Nigeria's most influential
youth-oriented agribusiness
organizations took part in a high-
profile international workshop
earlier this year to explore
strategies aimed at improving
participants' management skills.

3. IITA Youth Agripreneurs’
Participation
● IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) participated in the
Entrepreneurial and Business Management Training
Workshop that convened in Ibadan, Nigeria, February
3-5. Sponsored by the business management consulting
firm Ekimiks Nigeria Limited, the workshop included a
variety of seminars to teach skills to enhance a new
enterprise's productivity and profitability. The
comprehensive workshop provided young agribusiness
entrepreneurs with a solid foundation in business
basics, from accounting to zero-defect operations.

4. Purpose of the IYA
● IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) participated in the
Entrepreneurial and Business Management Training
Workshop that convened in Ibadan, Nigeria, February
3-5. Sponsored by the business management consulting
firm Ekimiks Nigeria Limited, the workshop included a
variety of seminars to teach skills to enhance a new
enterprise's productivity and profitability. The
comprehensive workshop provided young agribusiness
entrepreneurs with a solid foundation in business
basics, from accounting to zero-defect operations.

5. IYA’s Influence
● Though IYA is a Nigerian initiative, its
success has spurred the creation of similar
groups in Tanzania, the Democratic
Republic of Congo, and Zambia. Its
participation in the Entrepreneurial and
Business Management Training Workshop
has armed the organization with critical
business skills that can be passed on to
other agribusiness entrepreneurs and
farmers throughout Africa.