Nigeria faces a dual unemployment crisis: a lack of jobs for its youth and a rapidly growing young population. However, agriculture, the country’s largest employment sector, presents significant opportunities for job growth and economic prosperity. Despite this, many young Nigerians are turning away from farming in favour of scarce white-collar jobs in urban areas.
Amid these challenges, Nigeria still has a few young agripreneurs who are not just cultivating crops but are also sowing the seeds of innovation and sustainability, transforming Nigeria’s agricultural landscape and bringing new energy to the sector. One of them is Rildwan Bello. He is the co-founder and managing director of Vestance, an agribusiness consulting and research firm that specializes in training struggling Nigerian farmers and helping small and medium-scale farmers and governmental bodies make better agric decisions. Click here to read the full story.
