Sudan - ENABLE Youth Program

About this project

ENABLE Youth Sudan is one of AfDB's Enable Youth Initiatives under the Bank's strategic focus to transform Africa’s agriculture. The program’s objective is to create business opportunities and decent employment for young women and men along priority agricultural value chains in Sudan. The program is expected to train and empower 2,000 Agricultural Entrepreneurs (Agripreneurs) in Youth Agribusiness Incubation Centres (YABICS) within five states of the country. Each of these agripreneurs is expected employ five other support workers, thus generating 12,000 jobs (including 6,000 for young women) in total over the 5 years of the program. The program cost is estimated at UA 23.25 million, of which UA 20.95 million or 90.1% is financed by AfDB. It is expected to start in 2017 and last five years. Its components are as follows: (i) create a more conducive business environment for youth agripreneurs; (ii) foster entrepreneurship and employment through agribusiness incubation; and (iii) program management and coordination.

Published by

African Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Sudan

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Places

Kassala, Khartoum, Gedaref

Funded by

Transition Support Facility, African Development Fund

Implemented by

Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Passes funds through

Government Of Sudan

Published by African Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 24 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 46002-P-SD-AAZ-006.

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