Programme
Active
Youth empowerment project
Country
Uganda
Running since
2023
Target reach
500
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Support businesses
The Youth empowerment project (YEP) aims to improve employment opportunities and income for 500 young people in southwestern Uganda by increasing productivity along the coffee, honey, poultry and horticulture value chains.
We’re fuelling productivity by setting up value addition and business incubation centres through Youth Innovation Hubs Africa to help young people launch business ventures along these value chains.
To ensure these young entrepreneurs receive the support they need to become self-sustaining, we’re also training 50 women and young people to become self-employed local business agents who can offer technical advice on selected enterprises, run training workshops and help facilitate access to supplies, land and technology.
Project participants are being encouraged to strengthen their network connections through peer-to-peer mentoring, forging business-to-business partnerships and accessing government youth programmes that can create partnerships with buyers of youth products.
This programme is funded by A&O Shearman.
