E-commerce MSME Market Place

Status

active

Period

2019 – October 2024

Countries

Ethiopia

Focus Areas

Education and Transitions Digital

In Partnership With

Kifiya Financial Technologies Plc, a digital financial solutions in Ethiopia and our key partner in building a robust e-commerce ecosystem that empowers MSMEs and creates jobs.

Target Impact

178,100 Youth In Work.

Impact to Date

  • 2,067,883

    Youths engaged (44% young women).

  • 340,978

    Youths accessed work opportunities (39% young women).

  • 196,010

    MSMEs supported with loans.

Partnership Focus

Improve market linkage and access to finance for MSMEs in agriculture and tourism. Enable work opportunities through MSMEs, hotels, and agro-dealers. Provide access to finance via digital lending. Develop an integrated eCommerce marketplace. Establish complementary services including logistics and financial services. Strengthen MSMEs’ business management capabilities. Establish online booking and tourist destination platforms. Enable agro-dealers to provide digital services to smallholder farmers.