{"id":17196,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/visiting-afdb-delegate-commends-kalambo-youth-agripreneurs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:57:15","slug":"visiting-afdb-delegate-commends-kalambo-youth-agripreneurs","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/visiting-afdb-delegate-commends-kalambo-youth-agripreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting AfDB delegate commends Kalambo Youth Agripreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"As part of its preliminary activities towards the development of the Empowering Novel Agribusiness-Led Employment (ENABLE Youth<\/a>) program for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bakach Dikand Kadiata, IITA alumnus and African Development Bank (BAD<\/a>) Senior Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Officer, visited the IITA Kalambo Station to assess the activities of IITA Kalambo\u00a0Youth Agripreneurs<\/a>\u00a0(IKYA).\n
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Prof Kadiata (5th from left) in a group picture with IITA scientists and IKYA members.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nKadiata was accompanied to IITA Kalambo by\u00a0Nzola Mahungu<\/a>, IITA Country Representative, DR Congo on 29-31 August, and was received by\u00a0Christopher Okafor<\/a>, the Officer-in-Charge of the Station and Noel Mulinganya, IKYA Coordinator.\n\nThe assessment visit included presentations by IKYA, a processing facility tour, and field visits. The tour facilitated a better understanding of IKYA\u2019s potentials, performance, and current challenges. IKYA\u2019s presentation covered its ongoing entrepreneurial activities along four business lines; namely, commercial production of seeds and planting material of cassava, soybean, beans, and maize; processing of cassava, soybean, and maize; fish farming; and provision of agribusiness services.\n\nPresenting the achievements of IKYA, Mulinganya highlighted accomplishments in processing maize flour and high quality cassava flour, establishing and running a bubbling marketing outlet in Bukavu, youth networking, and partnerships with private sector entities and development organizations, among others.\n\nExcited and impressed by what he saw and heard, Kadiata commended IKYA and encouraged them to keep up the good work and continue to serve as role models for the youth in the region.\n\nHe also urged the Agripreneurs to finalize their respective business plans to maximize their chances of benefiting from credits that would be offered through the ENABLE Youth program.\n\nAt the end of the presentations and tour, Kadiata and Mahungu concluded that \u201cIKYA presents a good platform for effective take-off of the ENABLE Youth program in DR Congo.\u201d","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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