Paulyene Masanja is the Senior Youth and Enterprise Development Coordinator at FIPS Africa. She leads the design, implementation, and scaling of youth enterprise initiatives at FIPS. Her work focuses on developing sustainable youth-led agribusiness models, supporting young entrepreneurs to build viable enterprises, and strengthening program strategies that improve youth participation in agricultural value chains. Paulyene’s work contributes to FIPS’ mission by strengthening farmer livelihoods and food systems through youth-driven enterprises. By helping young people build profitable agricultural businesses, she supports income generation, improves access to quality farm inputs and services, and strengthens local agricultural ecosystems. Paulyene is passionate about youth economic empowerment and building practical, market-driven agribusiness models that enable young people to create sustainable livelihoods while supporting smallholder farmers.