Exchange program empowers young entrepreneurs from the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda

In line with the mandate of the PICAGL integrated agricultural growth project in the Grand-Lakes region, implemented by IITA as part of its youth entrepreneurship development program in the cassava component, young entrepreneurs from the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi took part in exchange sessions, intending to boost their activities by drawing inspiration from the models of other young people who are sufficiently advanced in entrepreneurship.

These exchange visits enabled young people from the countries of the Great Lakes region to learn about the reality and operation of their small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

In Kigali, Rwanda, young people from  Bukavu and those from the Kabare territory in South Kivu in the DRC took an interest in livestock breeding and fish farming.

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