Impressed by the quality of the presentations in the 2025 Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) National Agribusiness pitch competition, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Ministry plans to boost the prize package to $5 million.
There were two winners for this year’s inaugural staging, with each winner copping $1 million each.
“We launched it (the competition) last year and I said we would only do $1 million but when I went to the finals, the finals were so good that I had to give third place $250,000 and second place $500,000,” the Minister said.
“We...
