Investing in entrepreneurial skills for young women

This project is part of a broader initiative that aims to ensure women's economic empowerment in the communities that Malaika serves.  The intiative, which takes place at Malaika’s school,  focuses on three key pillars: entrepreneurship and leadership skills, employment readiness, and role modeling and mentoring. The project the Foundation is providing funding for, is part of the entrepreneurship and leadership skills pillar. It aims to support the training and preparation of teachers for the entrepreneurship initiative and the annual entrepreneurship festival. More specifically, teachers will be prepared and trained in entrepreneurial knowledge and skills and in the teaching of the newly developed entrepreneurship development curriculum. A four-day entrepreneurship festival will take place at the end of each academic year in order for the students to consolidate all the learning covered throughout the year and put their knowledge into practice. Students having gone through the entrepreneurship training and festival will be invited to draw up a business plan, present it to a jury of their teachers and local entrepreneurs, and receive seed funding as a prize should their project receive the jury’s vote.

Founded in 2007, Malaika is African-led grassroots non-profit. Its mission is to empower girls to reach their full potential through education and local community transformation.

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