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Bridging the Gaps for Students in Agriculture

theSOFTtribe and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to develop and implement the “Devices and Connectivity: Bridging the Devices and Connectivity Gaps for Students in Agriculture” Programme, referred to as simply AgriConnect, which will impact 10,000 agriculture and agriculture-related or adjacent, including young women and differently-abled persons across 10 tertiary institutions (Universities and TVETs) in Ghana.

Welcome To AgriConnect

AgriConnect will supply 10,000 agriculture and agriculture-related or adjacent students, including young women and differently-abled persons in Ghana with:

A laptop

Internet Connectivity

Access to a user-friendly digital platform

Access to participate in supplemental courses

Supplemnal Courses include: digital literacy, agribusiness, entrepreneurship, etc.

Other Knowledge Products

Students' Views on AgriConnect

In January 2025, AgriConnect invited all students that registered on the Programme to participate in AgriConnect Mentimeter Survey that sought to assess the views and perspectives of the programme from students...<<Read more>>

Press Releases

Tertiary Level Agriculture Students Receive Laptops and Connectivity through AgriConnect

February 26, 2024. Accra Ghana. Starting February 5, the AgriConnect team began delivering laptops to students at the University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast (UCC) and at KNUST (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology). Currently, over 1,000 students have received their laptops and connectivity and thousands more will benefit in the coming months.
AgriConnect was developed through a partnership between theSOFTtribe and the Mastercard Foundation to focus on education and training to enable youth, including young women and persons with disabilities, who are interested in agriculture to benefit from new and emerging opportunities in the industry.
Over 3,500 students from across the 10 participating institutions have already registered to be part of this new and innovative programme that has been designed to:
Reduction in Price of Student Contribution to Participate in AgriConnect

Please be advised that the AgriConnect Team has been able to further reduce the price of your contribution to participate in AgriConnect. As you may know, AgriConnect will provide agriculture and agriculture-adjacent students with laptops, connectivity, and supplemental courses to 862 cedi.

Testimonials

AgriConnect has helped me a lot - Male Student

AgriConnect has helped me a lot. When I got to Level 400, I was wondering how I would get a laptop to do my project work. Because of the actual costs of laptops, it would not have been easy to for me to get one. Fortunately, AgriConnect popped up. When I heard about AgriConnect, I said, “wow, this is a big opportunity for me”. I also did not have access on how to use a laptop and internet etc. and the courses, I think my knowledge and work has improved. I have been using the laptop to do my project work and that has helped me a lot. “Without AgriConnect, I do not know what I would have done”.

What has excited you about this programme so far - Another Male Student

I was selling rice in the market for four years to help send my sisters to school. One day I started to look at food and said that without food you cannot survive. I went to my mother and told her I want to study food as it is important for human survival, and I want to know more about food. Where I am coming from there is no internet access and I never had a laptop and so it was difficult for me to type, and I learned how to do this through the course.

What has excited you about this programme so far - Male Student

My father did not go to school. He is a farmer, so when I wanted to go to school, and I told him I wanted to study agriculture, he said, I am a farmer, what have I gotten from the farm. He said I sent you to school to come out of the farm, you want to farm to do what. But I said, farming is my passion! As of now, anytime my father is going to the farm, he wants to engage me, asking what I have learnt, and I have been advising him and now he is getting more yield, and he is very happy with my studies.

First thoughts about AgriConnect - Female Student from UDS

When I saw the laptops, I got excited. I went to my sister to ask her to talk to my dad about the laptop. My dad was like no problem, and he gave my sister the money to give me. My dad was not happy, I went to my sister. He said with that opportunity, I should have come to him directly. “The courses have been beneficial to me. I have enjoyed the Girls in ICT Day event, I enjoyed all of it, it was nice being part of it”

Agribusiness

Agriconnect has helped me gain more knowledge in computer and internet literacy. I have always wanted to be a digital marketer, but because most of these online courses are expensive, I am not able to enrol. But because of Agriconnect courses like digital literacy, I am able to learn without any boundaries. I also didn't have laptop then but because of Agriconnect, I have one now. The only problem I have is about the progression status of the course. The course doesn't indicate your progression status.

Ayishatu Ameen Master of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics 6th year student - Level 600

Master of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics 6th year student - Level 600

Ayishatu is one of the master’s students who kept calling and advocating for the inclusion of post graduates’ students. After the inclusion of post graduate students, she immediately enrolled and made payments. That was not all. She made sure her female colleagues were in the know and helped them register and complete their setups also. She mentioned that most of the post graduate students either did not have laptops or had faulty ones which limited their research work.

Vicentia Agyapong Konamah - Agribusiness First year student - Level 100

Written by: Martin Kojotse, Member of the AgriConnect Team

“Vicentia did not know about the programme until she came to the on-field team to make enquiries. After explaining what the programme was about, she was very excited and immediately called her mother to explain to her. Her mother asked to talk to me (Martin Kojotse) for more clarification and to ensure it was not a scam. Vicentia mentioned to me how she and her mother had been thinking and planning on getting a laptop for her for her academic work but was unable to because of how expensive they are on the market. Her mother could not send the money immediately. After 2 days she came back with her money and came for assistance to make payments. After she received her laptop and Mifi (connectivity device), she came to express her sincere gratitude for enabling her to enroll unto the programme. She promised to take the courses on the platform seriously and complete each one.”

Yakubu Alhassan Mohamed, Wenchi Agric College

My brother in UDS informed me that he has enrolled in the Agriconnect program and has received his laptop and mifi for data. In fact we did not believe this program will be real so when he got his laptop and mifi, we were both very excited. He is able to do his research and assignments easily on the laptop and has been telling me about the course content he has been going through. I am looking forward to enrolling here in Wenchi so my brother will not pass me in the learning! We will both benefit equally from the project.

AgriConnect has helped me a lot - Male Student

AgriConnect Innovation and Difference

AgriConnect promises:

That the technology deployed and the capacity built through the supplemental course content related to value chain development, digital literacy and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector will drive the impact, scale and interest of youth, women, and differently-abled persons in the agriculture sector, and importantly bridge the digital divide.

To address the urgent need to reduce the extent of labour under-utilisation among youth.

To place focus on education and training to enable youth in agriculture to benefit from new and emerging opportunities in agriculture. The knowledge products that are being designed and disseminated through the devices will be innovative, culturally relevant, and fully aligned with the needs of the labour market and importantly capture the interest and imagination of youth in Ghana.

That the activities and outputs of the Programme will in the near future support the modernization of the agriculture sector by boosting productivity and supporting the development of agribusiness, thereby creating the linkages between farms and plots and other economic activities such as manufacturing and agro-processing.

To be innovative in its approach as the Programme is designed to bring scale and impact by allowing youth, women and differently-abled persons to align their educational qualifications in agribusiness, digital skills and value chain development with dignified and meaningful jobs that will allow them to maximise the potential of their entrepreneurial spirits towards improved and sustainable livelihoods.

Access to our user-friendly and accessible bespoke digital platform to participate in 3 sets of supplemental courses, including Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship, Value Chain Development and Digital Literacy.

Welcome To AgriConnect

Digitally empowering our youth to lead the modernization of agriculture in Ghana

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Access digital devices to support agricultural studies

Providing equal, meaningful and safe access

Use of digital technologies and opportunities in the digital space for everyone

AgriConnect… designed to incentivize Ghanaian youth to participate in agriculture, especially technology-driven agriculture.

AgriConnect is built on the theory that there is an urgent need to scale up the mainstreaming of youth and gender in agriculture.

AgriConnect will mobilize and involve the active participation of youth, young women, and differently-abled persons in agriculture.

The supplemental course content has been designed to not only enhance your knowledge and skills but also to make you more competitive and marketable.

AgriConnect is designed to advance the Government of Ghana’s thrust to create an enabling environment to make agriculture an attractive and profitable venture for Ghanaian youth.

The Supplemental course content developed under AgriConnect has been designed to fill existing gaps in the curriculum of agriculture and agriculture-adjacent courses of study.

Access to our user-friendly and accessible bespoke digital platform to participate in 3 sets of supplemental courses, including Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship, Value Chain Development and Digital Literacy.

Welcome To AgriConnect

Digitally empowering our youth to lead the modernization of agriculture in Ghana

Bridging the Gaps for Students in Agriculture

Total Students

Course Completions - AgriBusiness & Entrepreneurship

Course Completions - Digital Literacy

Course Completions - Value Chain Development

# of Devices Issued

# of Participating Institutions

# of Certificates Issued

Welcome To AgriConnect

Deadline:

How to register to participate in AgriConnect

Student onboarding by invitation

How do I qualify to participate in AgriConnect?

Students' Views on AgriConnect

Press Releases

Tertiary Level Agriculture Students Receive Laptops and Connectivity through AgriConnect

Reduction in Price of Student Contribution to Participate in AgriConnect

Testimonials

AgriConnect Innovation and Difference

AgriConnect promises:

To address the urgent need to reduce the extent of labour under-utilisation among youth.

Apply to Participate in AgriConnect

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Welcome To AgriConnect

Digitally empowering our youth to lead the modernization of agriculture in Ghana

Bridging the Gaps for Students in Agriculture

Total Students

Course Completions - AgriBusiness & Entrepreneurship

Course Completions - Digital Literacy

Course Completions - Value Chain Development

# of Devices Issued

# of Participating Institutions

# of Certificates Issued

Welcome To AgriConnect

Deadline:

How to register to participate in AgriConnect

Student onboarding by invitation

How do I qualify to participate in AgriConnect?

Students' Views on AgriConnect

Press Releases

Tertiary Level Agriculture Students Receive Laptops and Connectivity through AgriConnect

Reduction in Price of Student Contribution to Participate in AgriConnect

Testimonials

AgriConnect Innovation and Difference

AgriConnect promises:

To address the urgent need to reduce the extent of labour under-utilisation among youth.

Apply to Participate in AgriConnect