The project to support youth and women’s entrepreneurship aims to contribute to the economic empowerment of women and youth and to the reduction of gender inequalities. It will achieve this by developing the public and private ecosystem to support women’s and youth entrepreneurship through entrepreneurial initiatives mainly led by women and young people.
The activities are based on three lines of action:
• Strengthen and operationalise the public and private ecosystem to support women’s and youth entrepreneurship: it involves helping the ministries concerned by the entrepreneurial policy in Niger inform the public about the existing systems, and building the capacities of the Maison de l’Entreprise business centre and the Directorate-General for Private Sector Promotion
• Provide technical and financial support to the women and young entrepreneurs selected to improve their performance and the sustainability of their entrepreneurial project: it involves strengthening the incubation centres and entrepreneurship support structures to enable them to provide quality technical assistance, as well as making credit available to young and women entrepreneurs to start or build their business
• Inform young Nigeriens, especially those who have limited access to information, and encourage them to become entrepreneurs through the existing support ecosystem: a number of activities will be organised in schools, for the general public and during community events to raise awareness at an early stage among young people and women who do not have access to information.
