• Capacity Development Provider
The overall objective of the Developing Social Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia project is to build the capacity of social entrepreneurs who can drive socio-economic change especially for women, youth and children through sustainable business ventures with the potential to scale nationally.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Cohort or group support
    • Competitions / prizes
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support
  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Needs assessment
    • Performance management
    • Ideation
    • Legal, accounting, other office services
    • Governance structure
    • Building M&E capacity
    • Technology development or adoption
    • Media exposure
  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Conduct research on the sector
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Information and communication technology
    • Housing and community development
    • Water & sanitation
  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Accessibility
    • Citizen empowerment
    • Gender inclusion
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Resiliency / climate change
  • Impact objectives

    • Access to education
    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Health improvement
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Access to information
    • Access to financial services
    • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation
    • Access to clean water and sanitation
    • Pollution prevention and waste management
  • Verticals

    • Data analytics
    • E-commerce
    • FinTech
    • EdTech