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Empower Young Africa - Equity Group
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PROJECT PRESENTATION
Scaling up entrepreneurship and economic inclusion by inspiring MSMEs to create opportunities for 25 million youth in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia) by 2025 in high-impact sectors of health, education, social protection, green economy and the real economy including agriculture, manufacturing, trading, value services and value addition through:
1. Supporting ecosystems with lines of credit and guarantee funds in partnership with development banks.
2. Providing business development services, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and business digitalization training.
3. Training 5,000 credit officers through technical assistance facilities.
PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZATION
Equity Group is a Pan-African financial services company focused on banking, insurance, custodial, investments, consulting, fintech and philanthropy, operating in 7 African countries. Since 2008, the Group’s corporate foundation (Equity Group Foundation) and partners, has impacted 34m Africans through its social investment programs in Education and Leadership Development, Food and Agriculture, Social Protection, Health, Energy and Environment, and Enterprise Development and Financial Inclusion.
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