Providing holistic support for SME growth and sustainability
Enabling African SMEs for success by facilitating access to finance, training, market opportunities, and technology transfer.
Access
We facilitate access to finance, training, market opportunities, and technology transfer
for SMEs.
Collaboration
We collaborate with investors, corporations, and development partners to strengthen the ecosystem.
Resilience
We support SMEs to build the capacity needed to reduce failure rates and sustain long-term growth
Empowerment
We foster innovation, inclusiveness, and youth participation to drive entrepreneurship and economic growth.
How We Support SMEs
Our approach is a multi-stage process that develops the individuals running the businesses, exposes the businesses to opportunities and enables relationships between entrepreneurs and stakeholders.
SME Support & Capacity Building
Tailored SME support and capacity building programs through business incubation and acceleration hubs with mentorship, training and coaching from multinational corporations, business executives, chambers of commerce and other international bodies.
Export Acceleration & Market Access
We engage in Export Acceleration & Trade Facilitation to assist YUBEC members with timely information, training, resources and partnerships to help them access foreign markets leveraging AfCFTA and other trade frameworks.
Innovative Financing for SMEs
We roll out innovative financing models through tailored initiatives that connect SMEs with impact investors, venture capital networks and other sources of financing.
Policy Advocacy & Ecosystem Growth
We embark on Policy Advocacy & Ecosystem Strengthening; where we engage bilateral and multilateral partners to co-create enabling policies, and act as a bridge between government, SMEs, and international community.
“…Africa needs a new type of citizen, a dedicated, modest, honest and informed man….”.
Kwame Nkrumah
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
Nelson Mandela
A vision on its own is not enough. Hard work & dedication is required to make that vision a reality.
Strive masiyiwa
Want to walk with us?
“Our problem in Africa is not skills but opportunities. If you create opportunities, Africans will get the skills.” – Adewale Yusuf, Co-founder, AltSchool Africa. Here is your chance to help make opportunities available to African youth and all Africans.