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KENYA - Empowering SMEs through a gender transformative approach: insights from the GTA SME Loop training

Friday 31/10/2025

From 7th to 15th October 2025, IYBA-SEED Kenya and GIZ Kenya successfully conducted the Gender Transformative Approach (GTA) SME Loop Training and Coaching Program in Kisumu.The training brought together six innovation hubs from Kisumu, Uasin Gishu, and Nakuru Counties - Wise Hub, Nakuru Box, Eldo Hub, Homeless Of Kisumu, The Cube, and COELIB - each represented by team leads, backstoppers, trainer…

WEBINAR #3 PEER EXCHANGE - Embedding Fintech in entrepreneur support: what’s next for BDS-Fintech partnerships?

Monday 20/10/2025

Embedding Fintech in Entrepreneur Support: What’s Next for BDS-Fintech Partnerships? A key component of the IYBA-SEED programme is thematic learning exchanges among Actors of Entrepreneurship Ecosystems. We consider that exchanges help build communities, address shared challenges, and identify opportunities to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

KENYA - Biashara Pawa dialogue event #3 - Eldoret

Monday 06/10/2025

On September 25, 2025, Eldohub officially launched the Biashara Pawa Dialogue Series in Eldoret, marking a milestone in promoting inclusive entrepreneurship in Uasin Gishu County.

TOGO - Student Tech Pulse: Stimulating student entrepreneurship

Tuesday 30/09/2025

Togolese universities are brimming with talent and brilliant ideas, but this potential is often under-exploited due to a lack of support structures, funding and mentoring.

KENYA - Beyond traditional banking: partnership with UBA to power a green and inclusive future

Monday 29/09/2025

Innovative Kenyan entrepreneurs often face a familiar barrier- great ideas but limited capital. A new partnership between IYBA-SEED, WE4D, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - GIZ and United Bank for Africa - UBA Kenya is set to rewrite that story.

SOUTH AFRICA - Weaving innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems training

Monday 04/08/2025

Building stronger entrepreneurial ecosystems across South AfricaAcross South Africa, a vibrant network of problem solvers is growing - one that’s transforming how local businesses and entrepreneurs are supported.

SENEGAL - Programme to support inclusive innovation for women entrepreneurs in the financial sector

Wednesday 30/07/2025

Transform the provision of financial services by integrating gender issues and truly meeting the needs of women entrepreneursDiagnostics conducted as part of the IYBA-SEED Senegal project highlighted a series of structural barriers related to the provision of financing:A lack of products specifically tailored to women entrepreneurs, particularly in the pre-start-up and start-up phasesA standardise…

KENYA - Biashara Pawa dialogue event #1 - Kisumu

Wednesday 23/07/2025

Shining a light on women and youth entrepreneurs: highlights from the Kisumu dialogue eventOn 23rd July 2025, Kisumu became the stage for the first-ever Biashara Pawa Dialogue Event a pioneering platform under the IYBA-SEED project (Investing in Young Businesses in Africa - Supporting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development).

WEBINAR #2 : Leveraging digital tools to strengthen entrepreneurial support in West Africa

Monday 14/07/2025

Digital tools are increasingly shaping how businesses start, operate, and grow. Yet in many parts of West Africa, early-stage entrepreneurs (particularly women, youth, and those working informally) face persistent barriers to accessing and using these tools.

KENYA - Biashara Pawa: A media initiative to elevate women entrepreneurs in underrepresented sectors

Wednesday 25/06/2025

Change makers in underrepresented sectors IYBA-SEED Kenya, in partnership with RBC, Kaizen Consultancy, and other local Ecosystem Support organizations are launching Biashara Pawa - wich means the business power - an innovative media initiative to elevate women and youth entrepreneurs in underrepresented sectors across 3 counties: Kisumu, Nakuru and Uasin Gishu.

PARCOURS - A podcast serie to inspire and empower women entrepreneurs in Senegal

Friday 20/06/2025

An audio and video series to inspire, empower and connect women entrepreneurs in SenegalAs part of an awareness campaign led by SEW and the IYBA-SEED Senegal, the podcast series Parcours (Journeys) offers a journey into the intimate and powerful stories of Senegalese women who are entrepreneurs, innovators and transformers of their daily lives.

Animation film to celebrate women as powerful drivers of entrepreneurship

Thursday 19/06/2025

A short film and an awareness-raising campaign to promote entrepreneurial cultureIn Africa, unemployment and underemployment remain pressing challenges, especially for women and young people, who often face systemic barriers to education, economic opportunities, and fair participation in the labor market.

KENYA - Empowering SMEs through a gender transformative approach: insights from the GTA SME Loop training

WEBINAR #3 PEER EXCHANGE - Embedding Fintech in entrepreneur support: what’s next for BDS-Fintech partnerships?

KENYA - Biashara Pawa dialogue event #3 - Eldoret

TOGO - Student Tech Pulse: Stimulating student entrepreneurship

KENYA - Beyond traditional banking: partnership with UBA to power a green and inclusive future

SOUTH AFRICA - Weaving innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems training

SENEGAL - Programme to support inclusive innovation for women entrepreneurs in the financial sector

KENYA - Biashara Pawa dialogue event #1 - Kisumu

WEBINAR #2 : Leveraging digital tools to strengthen entrepreneurial support in West Africa

KENYA - Biashara Pawa: A media initiative to elevate women entrepreneurs in underrepresented sectors

PARCOURS - A podcast serie to inspire and empower women entrepreneurs in Senegal

Animation film to celebrate women as powerful drivers of entrepreneurship

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KENYA - Empowering SMEs through a gender transformative approach: insights from the GTA SME Loop training

WEBINAR #3 PEER EXCHANGE - Embedding Fintech in entrepreneur support: what’s next for BDS-Fintech partnerships?

KENYA - Biashara Pawa dialogue event #3 - Eldoret

TOGO - Student Tech Pulse: Stimulating student entrepreneurship

KENYA - Beyond traditional banking: partnership with UBA to power a green and inclusive future

SOUTH AFRICA - Weaving innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems training

SENEGAL - Programme to support inclusive innovation for women entrepreneurs in the financial sector

KENYA - Biashara Pawa dialogue event #1 - Kisumu

WEBINAR #2 : Leveraging digital tools to strengthen entrepreneurial support in West Africa

KENYA - Biashara Pawa: A media initiative to elevate women entrepreneurs in underrepresented sectors

PARCOURS - A podcast serie to inspire and empower women entrepreneurs in Senegal

Animation film to celebrate women as powerful drivers of entrepreneurship

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