Innovation Village

The Innovation Village (TIV), under the Digital Rails intervention, is targeting youth entrepreneurs operating early-stage businesses and late-stage businesses, small holder farmers, MSMEs, refugees and individual digital developers. Youth enrolled in the program acquire digital skills to secure work in the digital ecosystem and are equipped with financial literacy to secure funding for digital investment.

Services targeting youth and small scale farmers:

Small scale farmer and young agri-entrepreneurs acquire digital skills and financial literacy including investment readiness skills to increase the market of their produce.
Small scale farmers can access affordable digital infrastructure to efficiently engage in the tech world.
Young people and small-scale farmers are supported in capacity building initiatives for technical talent and skillset.
Link small scale farmers to existing platforms and solutions like the Mastercard Farmers Network for them to access wider market.

The Innovation Village (TIV) is a Young Africa Works partner in Uganda targeting talented young women and men, youth entrepreneurs and refugees. Under the program Market Making for Entrepreneurs (Next wave). TIV is providing services to benefit youth in the Central, Western and Northern regions of Uganda.

Services targeting youth:

• Young people acquire soft skilling in business growth, employment tips, financial literacy, digital marketing, Curriculum Vitae writing and design thinking.
• Young people are also linked to employment opportunities
• Young entrepreneurs are linked to markets through linking product makers to available markets via online platforms.
• Young people can access seed funding to start up and grow their businesses through KAIN and 97 fund projects at TIV