All is set for this year’s edition of the Ghana Horticulture Expo from June 11 to 13, 2025, at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The Ghana Horticulture Expo 2025 is a transformative agribusiness platform designed to innovate, empower, and sustain youth and women-led businesses across the country.

The expo is positioned to serve as a springboard for young entrepreneurs, especially women, who are eager to explore opportunities in Ghana's horticultural and broader agribusiness sectors.

The fair is being organised by the Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE) in collaboration with the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), with Africa Skills Hub (ASH) serving as a partner.

In an interview with Agric Today Media, Daniel Amoako Antwi, Executive Director of Africa Skills Hub, shed light on the overarching goals of the Expo.

ASH is an enterprise support organisation dedicated to creating economies and skills-based opportunities for Africa’s youth and women, hence their participation to empower participants.

Mr Antwi emphasised that the Agribusiness Youth Clinic will not only provide knowledge but also create meaningful links.

“We want to ensure that a lot of these youth and women-led businesses are matched with mentors from FAGE (Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters). These mentors will provide both guidance and direction, establishing an apprenticeship-style mentor-mentee relationship that has the potential to endure long after the Expo concludes.”

Mr Antwi reiterated the objective of the AgriBiz Youth Clinic: to serve as a platform where innovation meets opportunity. It aims to expose young people to immense value within the horticultural value chain, spark entrepreneurial drive, and equip them with the tools and networks they need to succeed.

To Mr Antwi, one of the key components of the organisation is follow-up support that would be ensured after the expo. “We will make sure we follow up with these young entrepreneurs to ensure they are connected to the necessary resources and support systems. This could be in the form of funding opportunities, business development services, or capacity-building programmes,” he noted.

The three-day expo is not only about education and mentorship. It is also about mindset transformation.

Mr Antwi said that they seek to inspire a perception change among youth and women, especially those who previously had little or no interest in horticulture and agriculture as a whole.

“We want to see a fair, an expo that provides enormous opportunities, especially for youth and women,” he affirmed. “It’s about seeing women-led businesses and young entrepreneurs not just participate but thrive in the agribusiness landscape,” he noted.

“We expect to ensure we have a number of youth and women-led businesses who would have come to the clinic, received consultation, and are thriving,” he stated.

On his part, President of the Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE) Davies Narh Korboe outlined plans by his outfit to serve as mentors to the youth and women aiming to venture into agribusiness.

FAGE is a huge umbrella of exporters, constituting Ghanaian agribusinesses with great skills and industry expertise to guide participants at the expo.

He mentioned that the expo is geared towards bridging communication and the B2B gap, linking the young agribusiness enthusiasts to their respective mentors.

 “This is to ensure that a lot of youth and women-led agribusinesses have been matched with mentors from FAGE to help with guidance and direction.”

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