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23.12.24
Innovation scaling is critical to advancing agriculture in Africa, with the private sector playing a strategic role. In recognition of this role, IITA–CGIAR hosted the Senior Manager of African Affairs at the Beijing JingWa Agricultural Science & Technical Innovation Center, Xiaoyan Ma, at the headquarters in Ibadan recently.
The visit aimed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange in agricultural innovation and development between both organisations.
During the visit, the Director of the Partnerships for Development Directorate (P4D) and IITA Business Incubation Platform (BIP) CEO, Adebowale Akande, provided insights into IITA’s work in the private sector under the BIP.
He described it as a platform for incubating agricultural innovations and preparing them for commercialization while focusing on human capacity development. Akande emphasized the transformative impact of the youth incubation programs, which train young people and reshape their agricultural perspectives, yielding remarkable results across sub-Saharan Africa.