iUPSHIFT programme

Innovation pitches from youth mentors

15 March 2023

Through iUPSHIFT programme, youth mentors trained by the ILO and UNICEF in Uganda on social entrepreneurship and life skills, developed innovative ideas to improve waste management and sustainable energy production.

Event

Visit of Tanzanian delegation of ministries and insurance industry officials to Uganda

From 31 January to 4 February, Social Finance facilitated a “study tour” of Tanzanian delegates to Uganda. The study tour helped participants learn from interactions with Ugandan ministries, the central bank, the regulatory authority and different insurance companies.

Publication

Skills for Green Jobs in Uganda

30 May 2019

Project

Kenya and Uganda: Green entrepreneurship development

04 August 2014

In 2010, based on a request from stakeholders, the Green Jobs Programme formed a partnership with the ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) to promote green youth entrepreneurship.

News

Green entrepreneurs showcase their businesses at a regional knowledge sharing workshop in Kenya

27 September 2013

The ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) programme, which aims to create job opportunities for young people in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, organized a three-day regional knowledge sharing workshop for key project partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries on 9-11 September 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Publication

Promoting green entrepreneurship among young women and men in Kenya

18 September 2013

The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) is a partnership between the Africa Commission, the Youth Employment Network and the ILO. Through training and business plan competition it promotes green entrepreneurship among young women and men in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.

News

Green Business Plan Competitions held in Uganda

25 April 2013

The Green Business Plan competitions annually held in Uganda provide opportunities for young entrepreneurs to develop sustainable, environmentally friendly business ideas and compete for prizes. The ILO, through YEF, contracted Enterprise Uganda to prepare and conduct a Green Business Plan Training Workshop in September 2012. Following a call for proposal, 66 candidates were selected to attend the business plan training workshop. Out of these, 28 candidates with the most successful business plans developed during the training in September, received further support such as business skills training and mentorship to finalize the initiated business plans and enter the annual competition.

Youth entrepreneurship

From slum living to company director

25 February 2013

One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.