{"id":15123,"date":"2026-06-20T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/ecobank-nigeria-and-vanguard-newspapers-seek-collaboration-with-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:03:55","slug":"ecobank-nigeria-and-vanguard-newspapers-seek-collaboration-with-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/ecobank-nigeria-and-vanguard-newspapers-seek-collaboration-with-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecobank Nigeria and Vanguard newspapers seek collaboration with IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"In preparation for the upcoming Ecobank Agribusiness Summit on \u201cDigitizing the Agricultural value chain for unlocking productivity, growth and food security\u201d, a six-member delegation from Ecobank Nigeria and Vanguard Media, publishers of\u00a0<em>Vanguard<\/em>, paid a visit to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0to formally introduce the group and seek collaboration opportunities on potential strategic initiatives.\n\nThe team led by Oguntoyinbo Mojisola, Executive Head, Public Sector and Agribusiness, Ecobank Nigeria was received by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dashiell-kenton\/\">Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, Deputy Director-General, Partnerships for Delivery, who gave an overview of IITA\u2019s activities and achievements over the past 53 years while highlighting the importance of partnership with organizations that seek to improve agriculture.\n<div id=\"attachment_7757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ecobank1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ecobank1.jpg\" alt=\"Ecobank Nigeria and Vanguard newspapers seek collaboration with IITA\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7757\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecobank Nigeria and Vanguard Newspapers delegates with Kenton Dashiell, IITA DDG Partnerships for Delivery; Katherine Lopez, Head of Communication Office; and other IITA staff.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\u201cIITA\u2019s mission is to transform African agriculture, and we can achieve this through partnerships. One major partner that would play a major role is the media as accurate, truthful, and honest information can be disseminated through the media,\u201d Dashiell said.\n\nAccording to Jude Ndu, Director, The Economic Forum Series\u00ae, Vanguard Conferences\/Enterprise Solutions, the purpose of the visit was to officially invite a keynote speaker from IITA for the Ecobank Agribusiness Summit. \u201cWe would like to feature IITA in the upcoming Agribusiness summit. Beyond that, we would like to explore the opportunity to deepen our relationship with IITA,\u201d he said.\n\nOlusola Christopher, Regional Head, Southwest\/Midwest, Ecobank Nigeria, stated that there are commonalities in the vision of IITA and Ecobank in transforming lives in Africa. \u201cEcobank is strategically placed to partner with IITA to achieve the vision that both institutions represent as we empower the continent economically and integrate the continent financially,\u201d he said.\n\nThe summit, which is the second series, will bring together key players in the agricultural value chain to examine technology\u2019s role in improving productivity and enhancing and empowering small-scale farmers.\n\nA tour of the facility, which included the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youthagripreneurs.org\/\">Jeunes agripreneurs de l'IITA (IYA)<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iitabip.org\/\">Plateforme d'incubation d'entreprises (BIP)<\/a>, was conducted to showcase IITA\u2019s program in transforming agriculture in Africa.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for the upcoming Ecobank Agribusiness Summit on \u201cDigitizing the Agricultural value chain for unlocking productivity, growth and food security\u201d, a six-member delegation from Ecobank Nigeria and Vanguard Media, publishers of Vanguard, paid a visit to IITA to formally introduce the group and seek collaboration opportunities on potential strategic initiatives.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15124,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-15123","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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