Improve the Digital Skills of Women and Youth Entrepreneurs
Digital & Entrepreneurial Skills For Women & Youth
We believe in digitalisation for Sustainable development in Nigeria
Objective
Approach
- Development of a Digital Skills for Entrepreneurship (DSE) Curriculum in line with NITDA’s National Digital Literacy Framework to support Women and Youth-owned MSMEs in the adoption of Digital tools for business.
- Capacity Development of Digital Transformation Mentors to support Women Entrepreneurs on their business’ digital transformation journey.
- Practical & Hands-On Digital Skills trainings for Women and Youth entrepreneurs to increase business revenue and customer reach.
- Development of a Digital Transformation Mentorship network, MentHer, to support the Digital Transformation of Women-Owned Businesses.
- Nationwide platform showcasing Digital Transformation Mentors, Trainings and Opportunities for Women across Nigeria.
Achievements
Developed a Digital Skills for Entrepreneurs Curriculum.
- 80 trainers from 24 training institutions capacitated to deliver the Digital Skills for Entrepreneurs curriculum to MSMEs across Rivers, Kano, Lagos and Abuja
- 234 women and youth equipped with digital skills for entrepreneurs’ training across Rivers, Lagos, Abuja and Kano.
- 155 business reported increased monthly sales revenue after the DSE training.
- 62 have hired an employee after the DSE training.
Establishment of a 3-month mentorship program and network for women in business called MentHer.
- 40 trained female mentors entrepreneurs, digitalisation experts and business leaders across Lagos, Kano and Abuja
264 women entrepreneurs in Retail & Green Economy sectors trained in Digital Business Optimisation (Lagos, Abuja and Kano).
49 women and youth entrepreneurs trained in Social Media Marketing (Lagos).
Success stories from women that have been trained on Digital Business Optimisation training
Overall, from the 813 trained (75% women, 21% youth)