This year's Agri-Ted mentorship session in Accra will include Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as a special guest.
He will mentor 70 agricultural students and beginner agribusinesses, as part of the opening event activities, of the annual Agricultural Students’ Career Guidance & Mentorship Dialogue-Bootcamp.
On March 28, 2022, the Vice President will talk at the Jubilee House on the topic "Digitalization-The Enabler, The Game Changer, and the Future for the Agri-Youth." With increasing discussion about Ghana's status as one of Africa's most digitized economies, the Vice President's mentorship session is expected to provide an in-depth understanding and appreciation of digital trends, as well as how they can influence the mentees' career paths in the field of agribusiness.
Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, the Executive Director of the Agrihouse Foundation, told the media in Accra that the program began with eight schools five years ago and has grown to include twenty-eight universities, including agricultural colleges and second cycle institutions.
According to her, the program's success story is that some of the organizations who come to mentor and coach participants hire some of the participants because of their creative and innovative abilities. Regarding the Vice President's mentorship session, Alberta Akosa noted that because Dr Bawumia is passionate about digitalization, coaching them on the subject will have a significant impact on the country's agriculture growth.
Bawumia will serve as a mentor to agricultural students and small enterprises.
This year's version is unique in that participants will be supervised by the Vice President of the Jubilee House.
Ms Akosa expressed a glowing homage to OCP Ghana's management, which has been supporting Agrihouse since the program's inception.
She believed that through an OCP Ghana project, some of the participants could be able to complete internships at a university in Morocco.
Ms. Akosa said that a total of 12,500 people have benefited from her efforts.