• Capacity Development Provider
The Exchange will bring high potential companies, called small and medium enterprises (SMEs), through an intensive executive management-training program and help them connect with international investors and markets. The goal is for businesses to scale into market leaders enabling them to play a stronger role in the Ethiopian economy.
  • Stages of Support

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

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Seat on the Board
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support
    • Talent Placement
  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Performance management
    • Governance structure
    • Investor showcases
    • Building M&E capacity
    • Exit strategies
    • Media exposure
    • Product certification
  • Investment Instruments

    • Equity
    • Quasi-Equity
  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Provide financial support to intermediaries
    • Invest Directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic
  • Impact objectives

    • Capacity building
    • Employment generation
    • Income/productivity growth