Sustainable Employment through Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development (SEED)

Target Impact

1,000,000 Youth In Work.

Status: Active

Country

Ethiopia

Period

July 2023 – June 2028

Industries

Agribusiness

Agroprocessing

Manufacturing Services

Impact to Date

64,559

Youths engaged (58% young women).

5,013

Youths accessed work opportunities (29% young women).

120

Startups incubated.

Partnership Focus

Transform TVT institutions to enable 1 million jobs. Enhance youth entrepreneurial and employability skills. Facilitate formation of 231,000 enterprises. Facilitate access to finance and market linkage. Improve the enabling environment for entrepreneurship. Deploy critical teams, transform TVT institutions, enhance youth employability, facilitate innovative finance and market linkages, and improve the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

In Partnership With

The Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), supported by four consortium members and a bank, forms a powerhouse of entrepreneurial expertise. This partnership is sowing the seeds of sustainable employment across Ethiopia. For more information please visit: edi-ethiopia.org

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