Opportunities for students
CURAD offers internship opportunities to students and fresh graduates. Over time,CURAD has hosted over 456 students through its internship programs, providing valuable experiential learning opportunities. These include 430 diploma and undergraduate students, 21 master’s students, and 5 international students from countries such as Nigeria, Denmark, the USA, and France. The program offers hands-on exposure in critical areas such as product development, SME support, financial literacy, and value chain operations. It has also attracted participation from all universities in Uganda offering agricultural courses, whose students now form part of the growing CURAD Alumni Network. This immersive approach not only enhances academic learning but also equips students with practical skills.
As a result of this practical training and mentorship, 70% of the interns have secured job placements with CURAD’s partner organizations. Notably, five alumni have risen to senior management positions at CURAD and are now mentoring and supporting other students to launch their own businesses. This ripple effect highlights the program’s long-term impact in nurturing a sustainable ecosystem of young agribusiness professionals and entrepreneurs contributing to Uganda’s agricultural transformation.
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What We Offer
CURAD provides end-to-end business incubation support to help entrepreneurs grow, formalize, and scale their agribusiness enterprises:
We are driven by a vision to produce innovative young entrepreneurs and agribusiness leaders who champion productivity, profitability, and job creation in the agricultural sector.
Stimulating Agribusiness Youth Employment (SAYE) Project
The Stimulating Agribusiness Youth Employment (SAYE) Project is a 5-year initiative led by Heifer International in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation under the Young Africa Works strategy. The project seeks to improve the socio-economic well-being and resilience of young people in the Busoga sub-region by 2029.
SAYE focuses on four strategic intervention areas:
- Skills Development – equipping youth with market-relevant technical and business skills across high-potential agribusiness value chains.
- Equitable Access to Markets – linking youth-led enterprises to buyers and value chains.
- Innovative and Inclusive Finance – unlocking affordable financing for youth businesses.
- Creating an Enabling Environment – fostering supportive policies and institutions that enable youth enterprise growth.
The project targets 250,000 young people aged 16–35, of whom 70% are female and 3% are youth with disabilities (YWDs).
SAYE directly supports youth engagement in the following priority value chains:
- Poultry
- Horticulture
- Oilseeds
- Dairy
