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Safaricom Foundation launches Sh120m agribusiness project to empower youth

Safaricom Foundation Chairman Joseph Ogutu and Lake Basin Development Authority Managing Director Wycliffe Ochianga sign an MoU to establish Wezesha Agri Project. [Courtesy]

Safaricom Foundation has launched the Wezesha Agri-Eco Hub Project, which targets to empower more than 5,000 youth in Busia county through agriculture, enterprise development, and ecopreneurship.

The Foundation has invested Sh120 million in the two-year pilot programme, which will be implemented in collaboration with Ustadi Foundation, Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA), Alupe University, and Busia county government, among other partners.

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