Ecosystem Snapshot

Ethiopia

Intervention Type

  • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly (60)

  • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship (51)

  • Provide financial support to intermediaries (46)

  • Conduct research on the sector (20)

  • Invest Directly (17)

  • Invest into funds (10)

  • Other (6)

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n=103

Stakeholder Type

  • Business development service provider (34)

  • Accelerator / incubator (27)

  • Consultant (16)

  • Private equity fund (14)

  • Fund of funds (14)

  • Funder of accelerators (11)

  • Angel investor (8)

  • Venture capital fund (6)

  • Impact investor (6)

  • Enterprise development services (3)

  • DFI / multilateral (2)

  • Crowdfunding (1)

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n=70

Investment Instrument

  • Equity (11)

  • Debt (8)

  • Grant (3)

  • Quasi-Equity (2)

  • Guarantees (1)

  • Other (1)

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n=14

Nonfinancial Support

  • Sector development (36)

    59%

  • Business strategy and planning (24)

    39%

  • Access to networks and partners (20)

    33%

  • Value / supply chain development (20)

    33%

  • Financial management (14)

    23%

  • Technology development or adoption (14)

    23%

  • Building M&E capacity (12)

    20%

  • Marketing support or market research (11)

    18%

  • Needs assessment (10)

    16%

  • Performance management (10)

    16%

  • Leadership development (9)

    15%

  • Building HR capacity (8)

    13%

  • Media exposure (8)

    13%

  • Governance structure (7)

    11%

  • Investor showcases (7)

    11%

  • Ideation (6)

    10%

  • Due diligence (5)

    8%

  • Investor matchmaking (5)

    8%

  • Legal, accounting, other office services (4)

    7%

  • Exit strategies (4)

    7%

  • Product certification (4)

    7%

  • Other (specify below) (1)

    2%

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n=61

Nonfinancial Support Delivery Mechanism

  • Classroom / seminar training (58)

  • Mentoring (52)

  • Cohort or group support (44)

  • Direct Consulting Services (31)

  • Co-working space (30)

  • Seat on the Board (22)

  • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support (18)

  • Competitions / prizes (13)

  • Fellowships (7)

  • Talent Placement (7)

  • Other (7)

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n=99

Sectors of focus

  • Agriculture & Food (50)

  • Sector agnostic (38)

  • Financial services (31)

  • Manufacturing (30)

  • Education (16)

  • Supply chain services (16)

  • Environment (13)

  • Health (10)

  • Infrastructure / facilities development (10)

  • Wholesale and retail trade (10)

  • Energy (9)

  • Information and communication technology (8)

  • Water & sanitation (5)

  • Transportation (4)

  • Forestry (4)

  • Housing and community development (3)

  • Hospitality / travel / tourism (3)

  • Land conservation (3)

  • Logistics & distribution (2)

  • Media & entertainment (2)

  • Culture (2)

  • Artisanal (1)

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n=103

Stakeholder or business model focus

  • Accessibility (64)

  • Social enterprise (53)

  • Citizen empowerment (52)

  • Rural communities (46)

  • Youth entrepreneurs (45)

  • Women entrepreneurs (42)

  • Gender inclusion (31)

  • Urban communities (29)

  • Base of the pyramid (18)

  • Science, engineering or invention based businesses (13)

  • Resiliency / climate change (12)

  • Ethical sourcing (6)

  • Advocacy (5)

  • Minority or previously excluded population (3)

  • Franchising (3)

  • Refugees and migration (2)

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n=99

Impact objective

  • Income/productivity growth (69)

  • Capacity building (65)

  • Employment generation (65)

  • Access to financial services (54)

  • Community development (53)

  • Agricultural productivity (48)

  • Food security and nutrition (44)

  • Access to information (27)

  • Equality and empowerment (20)

  • Health improvement (18)

  • Access to education (15)

  • Access to energy (10)

  • Energy and fuel efficiency (8)

  • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation (6)

  • Access to clean water and sanitation (5)

  • Pollution prevention and waste management (5)

  • Sustainable energy (4)

  • Water resources management (3)

  • Natural resources conservation (3)

  • Sustainable land use (2)

  • Affordable housing (1)

  • Human rights protection or expansion (1)

  • Conflict resolution (1)

  • Generating funds for charitable giving (1)

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n=94

Verticals

  • AgTech (47)

  • FinTech (37)

  • E-commerce (22)

  • EdTech (14)

  • Biotech (13)

  • CleanTech (6)

  • Data analytics (4)

  • Hardware (3)

  • Software as a service (SaaS) (3)

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n=77

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