Category: Access to Markets

In sub-Saharan Africa, there exists a situation where communities are handed free, well-equipped businesses and are provided with training, but still remain very poor and unemployed. The Skill Up! programme in Zimbabwe offers around 500 young women and men, between the ages of 15 and 35, the opportunity to participate in a community-based apprenticeship designed […]

Anza is a not-for-profit organization founded on the belief that entrepreneurs will transform Tanzania’s economy. Anza Entrepreneurs provides entrepreneurs with strategic capacity building, affordable capital, and business community linkages (the 3Cs). Focused on businesses that improve livelihoods through job creation and provision of life-enhancing products; Anza has empowered 3,000+ entrepreneurs in agriculture, clean energy, water […]

TechnoServe South Africa works to ensure that the opportunities of the rapidly emerging ‘developed economy’ are accessible to everyone, by providing business skills, assisting with access to support services and networks. They ultimately ensure that the previously disadvantaged individuals are able to contribute to building of the new South Africa. They promote the growth of […]

Startup Vietnam Foundation is a non-profit development organisation established in 2014, with “for you, for Vietnam” as the ultimate mission. Using innovation and entrepreneurship as the critical engine, SVF envisions a future where more Vietnamese high-quality, technology-driven local brands get their shares in the global market. The strategy to realise this dream is through a […]

Impact Square believes that the greatest impact is created when social and environmental values are met, which they refer to as “Impact Business.” Impact Square aims to promote the adoption of Impact Business principles and conduct research to explore the relationship between social value and business structures. They believe that defining clear social values and […]

Fetola started in 2006 with a vision to contribute to the transformation of the South African economy by growing the small business sector. 16 years later, Fetola is a multifaceted business that uses its multiple sub-brands, programmes and partnerships to nurture the growth and sustainability of businesses and entrepreneurs in Africa.

London-based entrepreneurship incubator Hatch Enterprise has been running since 2014. They support entrepreneurs from diverse and underrepresented communities to grow smart ideas into successful, profitable, and sustainable businesses that have a positive impact on their communities. Hatch Enterprise deliver Launchpad, Incubator and Accelerator programmes to assist entrepreneurs to navigate the differing challenges that arise at each stage of the entrepreneurship journey. They also run separate, […]