Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach

The Business Acceleration for Youth project has achieved diverse outcomes, including supporting 500 youth-led businesses, generating 395 additional jobs, increasing household income and assets, and boosting total annual revenues to more than US$216,000. Young entrepreneurs have diversified ventures,...

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Main Authors: Slane, David, Mzumara, Grace, Nkhambule, Emily, Kadammanja, Ramadhan, Chingakule, Oganive
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174082
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author Slane, David
Mzumara, Grace
Nkhambule, Emily
Kadammanja, Ramadhan
Chingakule, Oganive
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Mzumara, Grace
Nkhambule, Emily
Slane, David
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Kadammanja, Ramadhan
Chingakule, Oganive
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description The Business Acceleration for Youth project has achieved diverse outcomes, including supporting 500 youth-led businesses, generating 395 additional jobs, increasing household income and assets, and boosting total annual revenues to more than US$216,000. Young entrepreneurs have diversified ventures, formed business partnerships, and leveraged US$64,371 in additional investment, contributing to their resilience and sustainability. The project also strengthened the capacity of its six main implementing partners in monitoring and evaluation, training service delivery, and sub-grantee monitoring, fostering a robust business incubation ecosystem.
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spelling CGSpace1740822025-11-05T12:33:32Z Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach Slane, David Mzumara, Grace Nkhambule, Emily Kadammanja, Ramadhan Chingakule, Oganive climate resilience gender equality youth small and medium enterprises capacity development-capacity building income generation entrepreneurship youth employment The Business Acceleration for Youth project has achieved diverse outcomes, including supporting 500 youth-led businesses, generating 395 additional jobs, increasing household income and assets, and boosting total annual revenues to more than US$216,000. Young entrepreneurs have diversified ventures, formed business partnerships, and leveraged US$64,371 in additional investment, contributing to their resilience and sustainability. The project also strengthened the capacity of its six main implementing partners in monitoring and evaluation, training service delivery, and sub-grantee monitoring, fostering a robust business incubation ecosystem. 2025-04-03 2025-04-09T06:31:04Z 2025-04-09T06:31:04Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174082 en Open Access application/pdf Slane, D.; Mzumara, G.; Nkhambule, E.; Kadammanja, R.; Chingakule, O. (2025) Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach. Study #AFR - 2426. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International; Cali (Colombia): CIAT. 4 p.
spellingShingle climate resilience
gender equality
youth
small and medium enterprises
capacity development-capacity building
income generation
entrepreneurship
youth employment
Slane, David
Mzumara, Grace
Nkhambule, Emily
Kadammanja, Ramadhan
Chingakule, Oganive
Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
title Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
title_full Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
title_fullStr Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
title_short Strengthening Malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
title_sort strengthening malawian youth resilience by transforming over 500 lives using a business incubation approach
topic climate resilience
gender equality
youth
small and medium enterprises
capacity development-capacity building
income generation
entrepreneurship
youth employment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174082
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