Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- No fewer than 30 young innovators in Kwara State have been trained and empowered in entrepreneurship with skills to establish their businesses and initiatives.

The programme which was held on Wednesday at the Kwara State Banquet Hall was tagged the Young Africa Innovates (YAI), Kwara State Innovation Showcase and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with funding support from MasterCard foundation.

The UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria, Ms Elsie Attafuah during her opening remarks disclosed that the YAI programme is a partnership between the UNDP and the MasterCard Foundation aimed at catalysing youth led innovation to drive socio-economic development.

Attafuah who was represented by t...