Project profile — Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Ethiopia

• Ethiopia (96.00%)
• Canada (4.00%)

• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Employment policy and administrative management (16020) (5.00%)
• Communication: Information and communication technology (ICT) (22040) (45.00%)
• Business And Other Services: Business support services and institutions (25010) (46.00%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (4.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

This project aims to improve the livelihood of individuals living in marginalized communities by building their capacity to participate in private sector development. The project uses a train-the-trainer approach. Thirty interns (recent college or university graduates) are selected and trained to deliver two training programs (ReachUp! and StartUp!) to 3,000 community participants. They teach practical knowledge about job readiness, entrepreneurship, and the income-generating potential of information and communications technologies (ICTs), through a combination of experiential learning, locally relevant curricula, and a program of advisory support. Digital Opportunity Trust interns and staff deliver the ReachUp! and StartUp! programs to individuals who live in disadvantaged communities in and around Addis Ababa, through a network of local community organizations and with the support of local government, donors, and private enterprise. This is one of two components of a project valued at $393,539. The first component has been completed.

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