Batonga
Status
active
Period
Aug 2021 - Jan 2025
In Partnership With
The Batonga Foundation’s mission is to equip the hardest to reach girls and young women with knowledge and skills to be agents of change in their own lives and communities. Batonga delivers high quality innovative programming so that every single girl and young woman we work with can reach her full social, economic and personal potential.
Target Impact
Leverage Batonga’s economic empowerment and leadership model to facilitate the employment of young African women, while simultaneously providing training and empowerment opportunities for young women and adolescent girls in Benin and Senegal, fostering their economic independence.
Impact to Date
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12,552
Number of youth (women) who participated in training opportunities
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253
Number of Business Circles in operation
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6,949
Number of women trained on Batonga’s business and financial management tools
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5,675
Number of adolescent girls enrolled in Batonga programs
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3,968
Number of women who created their own businesses
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1,750,000
Total outreach number through radio programs
Partnership Focus
Batonga’s approach/motto is to “Leave no Girl Behind”.
Batonga is uniquely positioned to implement this partnership and contribute to the Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy.
In the past four years of partnership, Batonga has demonstrated it is a trusted partner that can not only deliver impact but also extend its reach and thought leadership to new decision-making spaces, thanks to Angélique Kidjo’s access and leadership.
They use the “girl roster” technology to map out the needs in communities and identify young women who are “off track”.
