The agro-allied industrialization of the African continent cannot materialize without the involvement of the youths because they have the right drive and energy, participants at a Tuesday session of the 2016 African Economic Conference that focused on youth entrepreneurship in agriculture said.

"I say and I hope you join me to say that agribusiness is not the future. It is the now," said Oyin Asaaju, a young Nigerian who is excited about agribusiness.

Indeed, participants in the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) youth agripreneurs scheme have affirmed agriculture as an economic empowerment tool.

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