Strengthening youth agripreneurship ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Jul 26, 2025
• 1 min

The agripreneurship ecosystem in Rwanda and Senegal lacked a clear understanding of existing interventions, stakeholders, and youth engagement efforts. The ecosystem needed a structured framework to strengthen youth entrepreneurship in agriculture and enhance the impact of ongoing initiatives.

To address this need, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) partnered with MSC to analyze existing interventions, identify key stakeholders, and provide insights to strengthen youth-led agribusiness ecosystems. The project sought to highlight areas of under- and over-investment and benchmark best practices to enhance agripreneurship initiatives.

MSC developed a youth-driven agri-enterprise ecosystem framework to assess and strengthen the agripreneurship landscape. We designed a value chain selection tool to prioritize four key value chains for youth engagement. Additionally, we conducted a policy analysis to identify regulatory gaps and assess the enabling environment for young agripreneurs. We also mapped organizations that support youth in agriculture and examined how national leadership promotes entrepreneurship in the sector. Through these efforts, MSC identified opportunities for governments and stakeholders to improve coordination and support systems and highlighted high-value interventions to strengthen the national agripreneurship ecosystem.

This project helped accelerate youth-led agricultural enterprises through the development of a structured ecosystem framework and the identification of key investment areas. It played a crucial role to drive economic growth and innovation in Africa’s agri-food sector.

AGRA commissioned MSC to lead the project in partnership with Generation Africa.