BATN Foundation has awarded N13 million in grants to six young agripreneurs under its 2026 Farmers for the Future (F4F) programme, supporting businesses in fish farming, food processing, crop production and agricultural technology.
The programme, run in partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) through its Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) department, provides corps members with agribusiness training, mentorship and funding to develop their enterprises.
Olufemi Dominic Fabian, founder of DOHA Prime Venture, which developed the FishTrackPro agritech solution, emerged as the overall winner and received N3 million. The platform helps fish farmers improve productivity through data-driven farm management and monitoring.
Temitope Adewole, founder of Apem Soupmix, and Abdulwaheed Bala, founder of NutriSoy, received ?2 million each for their food processing businesses. Apem Soupmix produces natural powdered soup mixes, while NutriSoy focuses on value-added soybean products.
Three other entrepreneurs received third-place awards. They were Olanike Mayungbe of Nutririte Foods, which processes agricultural produce; Iorember Iorsue of Unku Charles Maize Farm; and Kingsley Udoeyen of Salwel Foods, a food processing business producing value-added products from grains and legumes.
The awards were presented in Abuja during the NYSC’s 2026 Batch C Pre-Orientation Workshop by Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, director-general of the corps.
Nafiu commended the foundation’s investment in youth entrepreneurship and urged NYSC state coordinators and SAED officials to promote the programme during skills acquisition lectures and encourage more corps members to apply for the 2027 edition.
Programme targets youth unemployment
The six winning businesses operate across different parts of the agricultural value chain, reflecting opportunities in food production, processing and technology. Their products and services seek to address challenges including farm productivity, nutrition, post-harvest losses and access to markets.
Now in its seventh year, the Farmers for the Future programme combines training, mentorship and grants to help young Nigerians build agricultural businesses.
Through its partnership with the NYSC, BATN Foundation aims to encourage corps members to consider agriculture as a business opportunity while supporting youth-led enterprises with the potential to create jobs and contribute to food security.
The 2026 awards add six businesses to a growing group of young entrepreneurs supported by the initiative.