HAPPY Program
Creating 326,000 dignified and fulfilling jobs for youth across Ghana — in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.
Building the Next Generation of Agripreneurs
The Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Agri-Impact Limited has rolled out an ambitious and transformative program dubbed Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY), implemented by eight Implementing Partners including NewAge Agric Solutions, National Service Scheme (NSS), Ghana Cares (MiDA), Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), TechnoServe, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and Jobberman.
HAPPY is built on three intervention areas: increasing production and productivity within the poultry, rice, soybean, and tomato value chains; promoting value addition, fostering entrepreneurship, and facilitating market development; and developing strategic policies and advancing youth, gender, social inclusion and voice and agency.
The program aims to create 326,000 dignified and fulfilling jobs for youth (70% women) and persons with disability, increase food production by 190,000 tons, generate annual revenue of over $200 million, and increase agricultural productivity in rice, soybean, tomato, and poultry value chains to reduce import of strategic foods by 10%.
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HAPPY Intervention Areas
A holistic program that meets young people where they are and walks with them all the way to enterprise.
Production & Productivity
Increasing production and productivity within the poultry, rice, soybean, and tomato value chains.
Value Addition & Enterprise
Promoting value addition, fostering entrepreneurship, and facilitating market development for youth-led agribusinesses.
Policy & Inclusion
Developing strategic policies and advancing youth, gender, social inclusion and voice and agency across the agri-food system.
The e-HAPPY Project
Under HAPPY, Agri-Impact Limited is collaborating with the E-Learning Centre of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to roll out the e-HAPPY Project.
The e-HAPPY training programs seek to deepen the use of ICT and youth-led digital solutions to transform the agri-food systems in Ghana. The objectives of the e-HAPPY Program include:
- ✓ Build the capacity of 100 selected youth in the use of innovative digital technological and pedagogical tools through tailor-made coaching modules.
- ✓ Train 500 trainers of trainers (TOT) youth to become HAPPY Program ambassadors to drive a technology-driven agribusiness ecosystem.
- ✓ Repurpose and co-create selected content suitable for virtual environments with Agri-Impact partners.
- ✓ Create targeted, innovative online training and technology transfer modules based on identified needs along the agri-food value chain.
- ✓ Equip youth to use programming for integrating IoT devices in agriculture while using machine learning concepts to develop models for predicting crop yields, pest outbreaks, or optimal environmental conditions based on historical data.
e-HAPPY Training Tracks
Three distinct tracks delivered through a blended 70% online / 30% in-person approach.
Masterclass for Future Agripreneurs
A five-module, eight-week course building capacity in innovative digital technological and pedagogical tools. Requires a first degree, personal laptop (8GB RAM, i3+), and a minimum of 8 hours per week.
Apply Now →HAPPYTech Ambassadors Program
A trainer-of-trainers track over six weeks (four modules) for current HAPPY participants. Trained ambassadors will equip others in project hubs across Ghana with tailor-made agricultural technologies.
Apply Now →Coding & Front-End Developers (COFED)
A six-month, six-module certificate program in coding and front-end development for national service trainees and youth enterprises. Builds foundations for tech start-ups, apps, websites, and digital products.
Apply Now →Project Partners
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