Nigeria

Festus Okunlola

Festus is a professional youth development specialist, researcher and a singer. He is a great advocate for a productive engagement of youth in Agribusiness across Africa. His advocacy activities contributed greatly to the development of Pan-African Youth development initiatives such as the ENABLE Youth programme, Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT), etc.

He has worked on several community development projects with GIRL Afrique and Bold Stories Network; organizations aimed at harnessing the potential of teen girls in Africa. He has also facilitated several agribusiness and life skills training on several platforms. He is a network member of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), and a member of the World Merit Nigeria. Festus graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta with honours in 2014, currently enrolled at the University of Ibadan for Master of Business Administration in Agribusiness. His professional aims include improving food security for Africa growing populations and helping young people attain their potentials in order to make their communities a better place to live in.