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TAGDev 2.0 program builds on TAGDev 1 hence the acronym (TAGDev 2.0) and is a collaborative initiative involving twelve RUFORUM member universities and the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA), and the Mastercard Foundation. The goal is to skill and empower Africa’s young people and their institutions to drive inclusive, equitable and climate resilient socio-economic transformation of their societies
TAGDev 2.0 strategically aligns to the Foundation’s charitable purpose of education and financial inclusion. It is also aligned to the Foundations Young Africa Works strategic priority areas of i) Improving the quality of education and vocational training; ii) Enabling entrepreneurship and small businesses to expand; iii) Evidence-based knowledge and innovation; and iv) Connecting and engaging with other African organizations..Read more
Scale Job Creation
Quality agricultural education
Climate adaptation
To equip young women and men with requisite knowledge and skills to make changes in the agricultural sector
To build capacity for universities and TVET Institutions in entrepreneurship education
To build capacity for universities and TVET Institutions in commercialization of innovations
Limited generation of climate adaptive technologies and weak integration of technology users
Limited capacity of agricultural extension/advisory services to facilitate smallholder transitions
The collaboration between education ecosystems actors to unlock work and business opportunities for young people
