Category: Access to finance

Somo is the root of a Swahili word meaning “lesson”. The name is inspired by Somo’s mission to create a community around lessons learnt from each other. Somo’s goal is to challenge the status quo by providing pathways for people to create change within their communities. Somo identifies, trains, funds, and mentors entrepreneurs looking to […]

Corporación Minuto de Dios (CMD) was established in 1954 and is one of eight entities that make up the Organización Minuto de Dios, which supports deprived communities across Colombia in areas including social housing, education, culture, rural and environmental development, social financing and social development. Corporación Minuto de Dios has worked in enterprise development since 1994, […]

CAP Youth Empowerment Institute is a not-for-profit organisation that provides skills training and support to vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised youth to help them access employment and self-employment opportunities and support their pathway to a safe and positive future. This is done through tested tools and models, including ‘BEST to Business’, which supports interested youth to […]

The Barbados Youth Business Trust ’s (BYBT) entrepreneurship programme is a private sector initiative made possible through a partnership with the voluntary sector and together provides start-up capital, business mentoring, networking, advisory and marketing support services to encourage a new generation of young Barbadian entrepreneurs. BYBT’s mission is to provide underserved young people with dynamic […]

Futurpreneur Canada (formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, or CYBF) has been fuelling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada’s young enterprise for nearly two decades. It is the only national, not-for-profit organisation that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. An internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business […]

Dominica Youth Business Trust (DYBT) was launched in 2004 to assist young people (aged 18-35) who want to start their own business but do not have access to the support to do so. DYBT’s purpose is to empower Dominican youth to realise their entrepreneurial potential by facilitating access to financial, technical, and social assistance geared towards the development of […]

Operated by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the leading youth work organisation in Hong Kong, Youth Business Hong Kong (YBHK) aims to provide young people and youth start-ups with necessary and quality services to fulfil their potential and turn their entrepreneurial dream into reality. By promoting entrepreneurship and social innovation as ‘Another Choice. Another […]

The Keren Shemesh Foundation is a privately funded non-governmental organisation investing in the next generation of business leaders.  The Foundation was founded in December 2005 by the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation in Switzerland and the Rashi Foundation in Israel, and became an accredited member of Youth Business International in 2007. Keren Shemesh’s mission is to […]

Youth Business Trinidad and Tobago (YBTT), with the support of the business community, helps young people to become entrepreneurs by providing funding, mentorship, learning and development opportunities, and aftercare support services. Youth Business Trinidad and Tobago was founded in 2000 and became a member of YBI in 2002. Its mandate is to play a leadership role […]

Youth Business Spain (YBS) is a private, independent, not-for-profit foundation that supports young entrepreneurs to start, consolidate and grow their self-employment projects, as a quality alternative to unemployment. Youth Business Spain is a network of 11 well-established local delivery partners (NGOs) in 12 Spanish regions that join resources and efforts to provide training, access to […]