Pape Samb of Phelpes Stokes says the Benin Youth Innovation Fair in Cotonou helps the youth take the successes of others and build their own businesses. Tinus de Jager asks Samb about the aims of the conference.

 

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The Global Youth Innovation Network, GYIN, recently brought 60 entrepreneurs to Benin to find ways to combat poverty. Sponsors of the event and the participants say the four-day helped the youth to build networks that will help them get closer to reaching this goal. Sam Olukoya reports from Cotonou.

 

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Avec de la semence et une aide financière de 10.000 francs CFA (environ 20 dollars), il devient huit ans après un producteur d’ananas au Bénin et emploie 88 personnes.

Agossou started with “only three female rabbits and one male rabbit. Seven years later, there were 700 000.

To ensure that Africa builds on its potential, we have to keep young farmers out of the cities and on their farms.

Young people from around the world are meeting in Benin to share ideas on getting the youth to stay in rural farming areas.
Zukiswa Zimela compiled this report before the opening of the workshop.
 
 
 
 

 

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