Category: Access to Markets

The Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce (GYCC) is a vibrant Entrepreneurship and Business Support organisation dedicated to empowering the next generation of Gambian entrepreneurs. Their core mission revolves around providing young people with the essential tools, resources, and networks they need to thrive in the business world. GYCC achieves this through a range of impactful […]

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 […]

CURAD is an innovative agribusiness incubator established through a public-private partnership by Makerere University, NUCAFE, and NARO. Its mission is to produce young, innovative, and skilled agribusiness entrepreneurs by fostering partnerships and supporting the development of agribusiness start-ups, SMEs, and farmers, to create jobs, boost incomes, and enhance agricultural productivity in East Africa.

For the last 12 years, the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) has empowered entrepreneurial spirits by delivering disruptive solutions and fostering ecosystem development, making cross-sectoral collaborations the norm rather than the exception. In 2021, EDI-Ethiopia transitioned to an autonomous entity under Proclamation No. 1263/2021. The proclamation brought under one roof two highly acclaimed projects: The UNDP-supported […]

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 […]

Centre for Enterprise Learning believe that skills development for youth is crucial for the development of societies in West Africa. It is one of the elements that will contribute to tackling the economic, social and environmental issues experienced in this region, whilst improving livelihoods. Therefore CEL develops programmes for youth to ensure an increase of […]

My Dough specialises in nurturing sustainable business growth through the execution of programmes designed to enhance scalability, expansion, and resilience for SMMEs. To supplement their efforts, My Dough also has a digital platform embedded with tools & resources relevant for any growing business, such as an invoicing/quoting system, task manager, learning material & more.  

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), established by law in 2016, is the state agency with a mission to facilitate an enabling environment for job and wealth creation, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Since inception, our interventions have supported 40,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), created 200,000 direct and indirect jobs, and provided access […]

Since 2003, Work Together Foundation has been a foundation for the public interest, dedicated to alleviating social polarization and establishing a healthier society through the creation of quality jobs, as evidenced by our original mission statement: ‘Overcoming Unemployment’. This attention to job creation has included outreach to various segments of society: the youth, women, the […]

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 […]