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Empowering young innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers with the skills, technology, and support to create solutions that transform communities and strengthen Africa’s future.
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Empowering young innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers with the skills, technology, and support to create solutions that transform communities and strengthen Africa’s future.
IMPACT STORY23 September 2025
For many smallholder farmers in Ghana, preparing land for planting remains one of the most difficult hurdles in the farming cycle. With limited access to tractors and tilling equipment, farmers are often forced to queue for the few available services. This results in late land preparation,…
18 September 2025
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) and AGRA are organizing a Regional Dialogue and Exhibition Fair under the theme: “African Youth Leveraging Innovation for Sustainable Food Systems and Decent Jobs in the Rice, Soybeans, and Horticulture Value Chains.” This forms part of the Expanding, Mentoring and…
12 September 2025
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has successfully organized a Business Validation exercise under the Expanding, mentoring and coaching to build capacity and expand access to technical and financial resources for…
11 September 2025
The conversation on societal progress misses an essential element when it overlooks the growing significance of young people as active drivers of change and transformation. Recognizing this, the UN General Assembly in 1965 began emphasizing the need to empower young people. This commitment was…
11 September 2025
The African youth is not relenting in the quest to secure a future through innovation. Across the continent, young people are taking charge of their lives, and by extension, the economies of their countries, through entrepreneurial ventures. The 2023-2024 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report…
5 September 2025
KIC and AGRA distribute start-Up kits to disadvantaged youth in agriculture in Ghana The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has taken another bold step to empower youth and women-led agribusinesses under the Expanding,…
4 September 2025
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) Ghana is proud to showcase the ingenuity and resilience of Ghanaian youth-led agribusinesses at this year’s Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF 2025) in Dakar, Senegal. A delegation of KIC-supported startups, including Pure Lube (producers of grease from cashew waste),…
2 September 2025
As part of the ongoing Young Farmer Business Academy (YFBA) program by Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) Ghana, AAMUSTED, in partnership with Premiere Poultry, has initiated the distribution of day-old chicks and feed to young agripreneurs starting poultry ventures. The first disbursement, which…
2 September 2025
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has successfully trained a group of women in vegetable production in Kejebi, Oti Region, reinforcing its mission to empower rural women through hands-on agribusiness skills and sustainable livelihoods. Organised under…
IMPACT STORY2 September 2025
McHan Organics, co-founded by Hannah Appiah, is a visionary enterprise at the intersection of sustainability, agribusiness, and women’s empowerment. This trailblazing company transforms cocoa pod waste, often discarded in farming communities into premium cosmetic ingredients, creating value…
IMPACT STORY2 September 2025
GanaFert Ltd, co-founded by Nana Kusi Appiah, is leading the way in Ghana’s transition to sustainable agriculture with its eco-friendly, organic fertilizer, made from crop residues and animal droppings, and enriched with natural nematicide extracts. With a product designed to boost yields and…
IMPACT STORY2 September 2025
Empowering Ghana’s Farmers with Innovative, Sustainable Solutions In Ghana’s evolving agricultural landscape, young innovators are leading the charge to create homegrown solutions to some of the sector’s biggest challenges. Among these changemakers is Abdul Mueez Otoo, Co-Founder of JAASGROW…