Category: Capacity building

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 […]

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 […]

The Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (GCYE) is dedicated to empowering young entrepreneurs by providing resources, advocacy, and networking opportunities to drive sustainable business growth. Our mission is to create an enabling environment for young entrepreneurs in Ghana through capacity building, policy influence, and access to funding.

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 […]

St. Lucia Youth Business Trust fosters development, growth and innovation in our economy by enabling young entrepreneurs to realise their dreams, hopes and aspirations. SLYBT offers coordinated, comprehensive programs to assist at-risk and underserved youth and provides access to training, business planning, mentoring, networking, start-up capital, business advisory and marketing support to equip them with […]

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 […]

The Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST), a non-profit organisation, was set up in 1992 primarily to help disadvantaged young people in India to develop business ideas into viable enterprises with the guidance and support of a mentor. For over 20 years, BYST has helped young people in Delhi, Rural Haryana, Chennai, Rural Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, […]

Habitat Association is a non-governmental organisation that works in the field of sustainable development. With the organisational vision of building communication bridges between worlds’s and Turkey’s youth, it has developed multiple projects and programmes in order to improve the capacities of young people and establish international partnerships. The organisation was founded with the goal of improving […]

YBI’s first member in Central Asia, Youth Business Mongolia is an initiative led by Development Solutions, an established not-for-profit organisation that provides an integrated package of business development support to aspiring entrepreneurs. Development Solutions has a strong track record in entrepreneurship development and 180 networking partners in strategic locations across Mongolia. Development Solutions uses its existing […]