After a week of intense deliberations at the #ACAT2025, how about a recap? Here are remarks from the @PrimatureRwanda Hon. Dr Ngirente at the #ACAT2025 Opening Ceremony: youtube.com/shorts/sOCAXaSDU… #ACAT2025 #ACATAfrica #NextGenAgTech @aatfafrica @RwandaAgri @RwandaAgriBoard

The #ACAT2025 Kigali was electrifying last week. It was an honour to be invited as a speaker in two of the panel sessions, where I shared key messages on putting resources in the hands of young people to empower them to create, adopt, and scale #NextGenAgTech solutions.

#ACAT2025 is pushing real solutions for African farmers. To build a strong, technology-driven agricultural sector, Rwanda’s Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Dr. @EdNgirente shared 3 priorities: 1️⃣ Fund & train young agri-innovators 2️⃣ De-risk farming (insurance, finance, resilient seeds) 3️⃣ Expand digital tools (AI, irrigation, pest detection) Read more in this excellent article by @EmNtirenganya of @NewTimesRwanda: bit.ly/4mTjYep @mcbagabe @RwandaAgri @aatfafrica @CanisiusKana #NextGenAgTech

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"Africa has the potential to leverage its innovative spirit, particularly in financial technology such as Mpesa, to empower farmers and improve the food system" -Mr. Amath Pathé Sene, Managing Director,@TheAGRF for #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTech Solutions for African Farmers

When young people lead in agriculture, they don’t just grow crops. They grow solutions. For too long, agriculture was seen as a last resort. For the old. For the uneducated. For those with no other choice. But that narrative is crumbling. And I’ve seen it with my own eyes. At #ACAT2025. In the bold ideas. In the tech-driven demos. In the voices of young change makers across Africa. We’re not waiting for permission. We’re rewriting the rules. Building youth-centered food systems. Tapping into the power of digital tools. Designing for resilience. For climate. For markets. For people. It’s time to stop asking if youth belong in agriculture. We already do. Now ask—how can we empower them more? I’m inspired. I’ve connected. I’ve learned. And I’ve grown. The future of agriculture is not only youthful. It’s innovative. It’s unstoppable. It’s now. #LearnGrowFarm #ACAT2025 #PacifiqueDeCultivator #NextGenAgTech

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Evelyn Lusenaka, Director-Stewardship, @CroplifeAME said: "Precision application tools are key focus in crop protection industry. In Asia, 80% of precision application is done by drones. In Africa, absence of a framework impedes this advancement." - #NextGenAgTech for #ACAT2025

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Youth aren’t waiting for a seat at the table, we’re already reshaping food systems. At #ACAT2025, I met and connected with fellow young agripreneurs and #AgInfluencers committed to rewriting Africa’s food story, sustainably and innovatively. Because when youth lead, agriculture transforms. #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTech #YouthInAg

Farm smarter, even offline. The Beans Tumaini AI app now works without internet, bringing intelligent insights to African bean farmers. A big step for #NextGenAgTech and food security! 🌱 #PABRA | @RwandaAgri @JcRubyogo, @BiovIntCIAT_eng play.google.com/store/apps/d…

#ACAT2025 wrapped up with electrifying energy! 4 days of bold ideas on #NextGenAgTech for Africa’s farmers. Post-summit, #PABRA team led by @JcRubyogo & @RwandaAgri's Dr. Cyubahiro Mark Bagabe sparked talks to turbocharge bean innovation in Rwanda 🇷🇼. The future is growing! 🌱🫘

Shaping the future of African agriculture for today and for generations to come. Yesterday, Paques Sidonie Kouam-Gwet, @GGGIAfrica's Regional Investment Lead, attended the African Conference on Agriculture Technologies, which is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 9-12 June 2025. The conference brings together delegates from across the African continent - policymakers, development partners, scientists, farmers, and innovators to discuss the commercialisation and scaling of climate-smart and modern agricultural technologies and innovations to the last mile. During a panel discussion themed "Partnering to advance ag-tech transfer in Africa", Ms. Sidonie shared insights from @gggi_hq’s Agricultural Adaptation Financing Facility Program, supported by the @gatesfoundation. She highlighted how the program mobilizes capital for climate adaptation in agriculture by financing projects that help farmers adapt to climate change. She emphasized key barriers in Africa’s ag-tech space, including limited access to risk-tolerant capital and challenges in affordability, awareness, and distribution—especially for smallholder farmers. Ms. Sidonie called on private investors to leverage public climate finance to scale up proven solutions and stressed the need for stronger collaboration with local distributors, mobile networks, and fintech to ensure effective last-mile delivery. Ms. Sidonie called on private investors to leverage public climate finance to scale up proven solutions and stressed the need for stronger collaboration with local distributors, mobile networks, and fintech to ensure effective last-mile delivery. #𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐓2025 | #GreenGrowth | #NextGenAgTech |#ClimateAction

"Crop and livestock insurance is important and should be embedded in requirements of funders" Said by Stella Rusine Ntez, Chief Economist @RwandaFinance during wrap up the #ACAT2025 Summit #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTech

As #ACAT2025 wraps up, one message echoes across Africa: "The future of agriculture is digital, dynamic, and youth-driven." Africa’s transformation will be led by those who believe in it and build it. If not you, then who? If not now, then when? 🎯 Key Takeaways for Youth in Agriculture: 1️⃣ Agriculture is no longer traditional; it’s technological. AgTech, AI, drones, and data are transforming how we grow, farm, and market. 2️⃣Food systems are career systems. We need innovators, coders, veterinarians, and agribusiness leaders, not just farmers. 3️⃣ Africa is rising, and so must we. From job seekers to job creators. Start where you are. Think bigger. 4️⃣ Use what you have, where you are. Your phone, your land, your voice, that’s your startup kit. 5️⃣ You are not just the future, you are the now. Change doesn’t wait. Neither should you. Agriculture is your platform. Rise with it. Own it. Lead it. The future belongs to us , Africa’s youth. #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTech

ACAT 2025 was "electrifying" with new things every day- said @CanisiusKana in his closing remarks at #ACAT2025 #NextGenAgTech

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"#AgTech must avoid exacerbating inequalities. It should use regenerative approaches that help agriculture work within planetary limits." - Dr. Solange Uwituze, Deputy Director, @RwandaAgriBoard #NextGenAgTech solutions for African Farmers at #ACAT2025

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