According to the May 2020 report of the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, 40% of Nigerians live below the poverty line- meaning over 82 million Nigerians experience hunger and may rely on external assistance to get by. Millions of unemployed Nigerian youth are among this vulnerable group and worsening their economic conditions will be detrimental on a large scale. The CBN Payment System Vision 2020 Report of September 2013, identified the potential of Agriculture for employment generation, food security, poverty reduction, and financial inclusion- with service opportunities for mobile commerce.

In Cellulant, we believe scaling Agriculture through Agri-technology is one of the few options available to help impede the looming food crisis in Nigeria, help in the country's economic stability during and post COVID-19. Agriculture will also pave a pathway to providing employment to our rapidly growing youths and pull citizens out of the poverty line. Cellulant is constantly transforming how Africans live, work, and do business. Cellulant has pioneered Agritech innovation that powers the livelihoods of more than 17 million farmers in Nigeria and allows all players in the agric value chain to connect to solutions that transform how they do business. Cellulant’s technology is a critical enabler to solve many of the challenges experienced in the Agric sector as stakeholders collaborate better and capture the $50b market opportunity.

In this vein, Cellulant hosts its Innuagral Agriconnect Summit, The Summit will engage relevant stakeholders, within the public and private sectors, in pursuit of unique, effective, and Nigeria- led solutions that win a better life, food security, and employment opportunities for Nigerians. The summit will also provide practical solutions on what the Agricultural sector can learn from the Sports sector on how to engage and impact the Nigerian youth more effectively and get them interested in Agriculture.

Theme: Youth Employment in Nigeria: What Agriculture Can Learn from Sports
Date: Thursday 30 Jul 2020
Time: 12-1 pm (WAT)

Speakers
Mr. Akinbode Oguntuyi
Mr. Bode is a professional Sportscaster and Sportswriter with over 20 years’ experience. His reportorial background spans being an NBA Analyst for KweseESPN, an Assistant Editor with The Comet Newspaper, featured Sports Analyst on Channels Television among other platforms. He is also the Co-Presenter of Sports Express, a weekday morning show of SportVision Nigeria where he is partner, and he was once Acting Editor of Complete Sports. His body of written feature articles has graced the pages of Comet Newspaper, Sports Weekly, ESPN, and Opera News, just to mention a few.


Nwakanma Eze Iheukwumere
Mr. Eze is a seasoned banker, with vast experience across Agricultural Financing, Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, and Banking Operations. Eze’s 20-year banking stint has been across international and local markets in large banking corporations like Standard Chartered Bank, UBA, Union Bank and Oceanic Bank. Currently, Eze is an Assistant General Manager at NIRSAL, where he heads the Agricultural Value Chain Finance & Investment Services

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