On September 7th, 2019 we kicked off IOM’s entrepreneurship by diaspora for development with a group of 40 entrepreneurs from Ghana & Ethiopia. The ED4D project aims at encouraging the Ghanaian and Ethiopian diasporas residing in the Netherlands, or Dutch entrepreneurs in partnership with the diaspora, to engage themselves as entrepreneurs for the development of the private sector in Ghana and Ethiopia.
Zidicircle is honored to conduct the training to enable the entrepreneurs harness their business models and become investor ready in order to expand or set up their businesses back home. We believe in initiatives that promote social economic development in both the hosts countries and countries of origin. The ED4D programme is therefore very well aligned with our mission.
Sectors
The entrepreneurs from Ethiopia have businesses in Food processing, Retail, Manufacturing, E-commerce, IT, Agriculture, Services, waste management, Food processing Retail and Tourism Sectors.
The entrepreneurs from Ghana have businesses in Agriculture, Education/Tech, Energy, Entertainment, Food processing, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Sand mining, Services, Solar energy and Waste Management .
Our Resources
We have a large pool of very experienced tutors who are also entrepreneurs. So they blend in their skills with really practical examples from their own experience. For example one of our tutors is a respected mining engineer in the Netherlands- He literally mines ideas our of people:-). We also have business design experts who have helped large multinationals become more innovative, global leadership managers as well as seasoned investment experts. We believe financing a lone cannot grow businesses, but you need the right people with the right skills driving those businesses. That is why we want our entrepreneurs to be well prepared for investments.
What Next?
The training boot camp will end on the 28th September 2019 with a pitch event between 14.00 to 17.00. The entrepreneurs will have gotten all the knowledge and skills. But they need much more; they need partners, they need co-founders, they need Tools like machinery or Technology, and most importantly they need the Funding.
Do you see yourself as a good match to these entrepreneur? Please register by sending an email to info@zidicircle.com. Lets make an impact together!
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