{"id":17551,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-bip-guests-at-agribusiness-entrepreneurship-workshop\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:15:15","slug":"iita-bip-guests-at-agribusiness-entrepreneurship-workshop","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-bip-guests-at-agribusiness-entrepreneurship-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA BIP guests at Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA was invited to speak at the \u201cDo it Afraid\u201d Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Workshop on 6 March in Lagos. The workshop had as its theme \u201cAgribusiness: The Next Frontier\u201d.It was convened by Omilola Oshikoya, Africa\u2019s premier wealth coach.\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_472\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 280px;\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/900_Layi-Olatunji-speaks-on-behalf-of-BIP-at-agribusiness-workshop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-472\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-472\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/900_Layi-Olatunji-speaks-on-behalf-of-BIP-at-agribusiness-workshop-300x258.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/900_Layi-Olatunji-speaks-on-behalf-of-BIP-at-agribusiness-workshop-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/900_Layi-Olatunji-speaks-on-behalf-of-BIP-at-agribusiness-workshop-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/900_Layi-Olatunji-speaks-on-behalf-of-BIP-at-agribusiness-workshop-450x387.jpg 450w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/900_Layi-Olatunji-speaks-on-behalf-of-BIP-at-agribusiness-workshop.jpg 900w\" alt=\"Picture of Layi Olatunji speaks on behalf of BIP at the agribusiness workshop.\" width=\"280\" height=\"241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-472\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Layi Olatunji speaks on behalf of BIP at the agribusiness workshop.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBIP was represented by Support Manager Layi Olatunji, who spoke on the topic \u201cNigeria\u2019s Agribusiness space\u2014Navigating Trends and Patterns\u201d. This gave the BIP a good stage to analyze the state of agriculture in Nigeria\u2014the current reality, its potentials, and what IITA is doing through BIP. Olatunji presented the BIP model, showcasing and extolling the virtues of its flagship products such as Aflasafe, GoSeed and Nodumax. He also highlighted the activities of the IITA Youth Agripreneurs and emphasized how involving the youth, who account for 42% of the Nigerian population, in agribusiness is the solution to youth unemployment in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.\n\nSupported by Bank of Industry (BOI), the workshop was designed to increase the technical capacity and provide support for both potential and current business entrepreneurs in agribusiness, and educate these entrepreneurs on how to operate in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) segment and how they can finance their agribusiness as well as access BOI\u2019s funds.\n\nThe workshop was facilitated by agribusiness entrepreneurs who shared their experiences and gave business lessons. More than 300 participants attended the workshop.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA was invited to speak at the \u201cDo it Afraid\u201d Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Workshop on 6 March in Lagos.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17552,"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":[194],"class_list":["post-17551","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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