Mastercard Youth Agricultural Empowerment Scheme: Fully Sponsored Opportunity
The Mastercard Foundation in collaboration with Songhai is calling on interested young individuals to apply for the Songhai/Mastercard Integrated Agriculture Scholarship.
The program fully covers the costs of meals, accommodation, training materials, certification of completion, and financial business support.
In this post, the full details of the eligibility, benefits, timeline, and application procedure will be provided.
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The Songhai/Mastercard Youth Agricultural Empowerment Scheme is aimed at training and Seeding over 3,000 young Nigerians in agriculture; particularly 70% of young women within the next 3 years as modern farm managers/technicians, and agro-entrepreneurs.
This innovative partnership is announcing the first of a series of a three-month training program; that will cover key areas in agro-business; which aims to create opportunities for African youths by setting out an ambitious goal for the next decade.
Application is ongoing for this 3-month Boot Camp in sustainable farming methods and hands-on experience in agriculture for modern farm managers/technicians, and agro-entrepreneurs.
If you’re looking to scale up your technical skills in agriculture, or you own an agribusiness; and you want to be a part of tomorrow’s green economy, then this is your chance!
The scholarship program provides;
Participants will be trained in any of the following agricultural branches;
To be eligible for the Mastercard Integrated Agriculture Scholarship, applicants must satisfy the following conditions:
To apply for the Mastercard Youth Agricultural Empowerment Scheme, follow the instructions we have outlined below;
Begin your application by clicking on the button below.