Progress report of the ICT and Communication unit from IITA Youth Agripreneurs for the first 6 months in 2014, presented to the DG, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture on the 5th of August, 2014.

1. ICT & COMMUNICATION
UNIT
The unit is responsible for creating
1. Awareness campaign and
2. Linkages

2. ACHIEVEMENTS
• INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
- Group’s mail (iita-agripreneur@cgiar.org)
- Management meetings
- Group update form (Electronic)
• EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION
- Group’s blog (www.iitayouthagripreneurs.wordpress.com)
- Social media – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc.
- Publications
• EXTERNAL RELATIONS

3. Tools Result
Internal
Communication
E-mails
iita-agripreneurs@cgiar.org
iita.youth.agripreneurs@gmail.co
m
- 100% free flow relevant information
and messages within the group.
Group Update template form
External
Communication
Publications
Annual Report 2013,
Strategy
The Program of Work and Budget
2014
Shared with key Stakeholders
Newsletters (bi-monthly bulletin) 4 editions
+
First Special Edition
Blog Posts/Publications 54 posts
5,297 views + 104 comments
Social media tools
Facebook
Twitter (@IITAYOUTHAGRIP),
YouTube
- Facebook 235 – 1107 likes
(increase rate of 21.8%; with 46%
being women and 54% men)
- Twitter 95 – 231 Followers
121-605 Tweets

4. Capacity building Web 2.0 and Social media for
development offered by the
Technical Center for Agricultural
and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
External Relations Project Conceptualization
Workshop (28th-30th May, 2014)
Some media in Nigeria; the
major Nigerian newspaper (The
Guardian, The Punch, The
Tribune, Vanguard), Radio and
TV stations (NTA, Channels TV).
International media; Modern
Ghana from Ghana, AfDB,
CGIAR, AGRA bulletins

5. Challenges Lessons learned
Key events and activities (mostly external) not
planned for.
Communication would sometimes be on
adhoc bases with respect to key
events/activities not planned for in
advance.
Weak communication Capacity The team if not yet adequately skilled and
equipped would still need the support of
IITA Communication and ICT units for most
of the Communication activities.
Attitude to new methods of communication The Group would not appreciate the use
of new methods of communication even
though effective and efficient if not
continuously reminded and or sometimes
persuaded.

6. Budget
Budget heading Total budget
allocated
Expenditure
this
reporting
period
Total
expenditure
to date
Travels 870
1,079.83
-209.83
Equipment and Maintenance 1,092 - 1,092
Materials and Supplies 728 - 728
Communication 15,465 3,228 12,237
TOTAL 18,154 4,307.83 13,846.17

7. THANK YOU