Bryan McGarvey of Neuhoff Media Lafayette has received a grant from the US State Department to assist in establishing Africa’s first 24-hour agricultural-focused radio station. McGarvey was a mentor for the Mandela Washington Fellowship International Reciprocal Exchange Program, part of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) in 2016, in conjunction with Purdue University. Through YALI, McGarvey met Dalliso an aspiring broadcast entrepreneur who was inspired to build a 24-hour agricultural radio station by a lack of assistance to local farmers.
Said McGarvey of the opportunity, “I am moved and honored by this opportunity to truly help a community halfway around the world by sharing my knowledge and experience with agricultural broadcasting.”
Neuhoff CEO, Beth Neuhoff, added, “We are extraordinarily proud of Bryan and the work he is doing to better our world. To think his passion for agricultural broadcasting can be life-changing; creating nourishment and economic growth for a developing nation, is truly awe-inspiring. It represents the best of what radio can do.”
