Africa Projects Development Centre

Who We Are

Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC Group) incubates and trains youth and women in various aspects of the agribusiness and exploits value chain addition as a panacea to the problem of unemployment in Nigeria. The Centre is a youth-led hub where several enterprises “proof of concepts” and validation have been undertaken to extend the agricultural value chain and improve farming with technological innovations, especially in urban agriculture. Some of the enterprises are poultry, aquaculture, heliculture (snailery), mushroom and horticulture (hydroponics/sac farming system of agricultural management). In addition, APDC has established the Fashionistas Enterprise to further empower youths and create employment, especially for women. APDC also offers specialized training on project development & management, results-based monitoring & evaluation, strategic thinking, public procurement, public financial management services, etc. for building the capacity of development professionals. APDC has eight international directors and 48 highly experienced staff, of which 44 are in Nigeria, 2 in DRC, 1 in Mali and 1 in Cameroon.

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What We Do in the Project

APDC is involved in the following tasks:

Diversified healthy food innovations including those identified in the other WPs and their readiness to scale determined.
Established diversified technology delivery infrastructures (living labs)
Develop Multistakeholder Innovation Platforms (MSIPs) and Integrated Youths in Agribusiness hubs (YABHs) for the production and commercialization of diversified healthy foods created or maintained.
Linkages to support extension and market services for youth and women for sustainable healthy food production, processing, and commercialization.
Linkage to financing and start-up kits options for sustainable healthy food production, processing and commercialization demonstrated.