The Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme is developed under the Government of Sierra Leone Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Project (Sierra Leone YEEP), funded by the African Development Bank. The Sierra Leone YEEP is aimed at contributing to the Government of Sierra Leone’s efforts through the National Youth Commission (Implementing agency) to create decent jobs and sustainable incomes for the youth.
The overall aim of the project is to reinforce the employability of Sierra Leone Youth as well as enhancing their entrepreneurship skills through the development of a framework which integrates education and vocational institutions with job market demand and supply. It is envisaged that this approach will result in strengthening the occupational levels in the youth population segments of the country which will eventually trigger sustained economic development in the growth sectors.
Check the programme framework and schedule at the end of this page
Are you a graduate between 18 – 35 living in Sierra Leone?
Do you have a business or you want to set up a business? Sign up, to build you capacity and expand your network.
When you enrol to the programme you will build in skills as an entrepreneur around the following three aspects: 1) the market, 2) operations and 3) finance. The program will be a combination of group workshops, online support, implementation assignments and continuous coaching. The intended output is:
The training content is built around the Business Model Canvas (BMC) and the lean start up approach.
Are you a professional with both content expertise (marketing, finance, legal, governance) as well as sector knowledge (agriculture, WASH & Waste management, aquaculture hospitality, renewable energy) and the likes? Sign up.
Through this programme you get assess to vetted young entrepreneurs, who are looking ways to improve their business.
This is a one-stop-shop for investors, to get in contact with promising start ups. The initial contact can be done through the platform and the BSC the entrepreneur belongs to.
With this platform you get access to interesting business and you may contribute in investing in the Future of Sierra Leone
The Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme consists, as illustrated in figure below, there are 4 main activities:each phase has its own timeframe and schedule and can generally be scheduled as follows: