Bamboo Bed Production for Health Facilities Promotes Job Creation
14.01.2021 - The Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation supports the Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Industry during the Corona pandemic in facilitating the manufacturing of 20.000 camp beds made from locally produced bamboo and quality cotton from Senegal. The first cotton delivery arrived in Ethiopia on Januar 12th 2021. The beds will be distributed to rural health stations to help address the expected surge of patients in these locations. Read more.
Protection of jobs affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
17.12.2020 - The facility « Investing for Employment » GmbH (IFE) allocates a grant of €6.68m (72.92m Dirhams) to Morocco to sustain jobs in the private sector, which are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
Refresher trainings in Rwanda’s hospitality sector
04.12.2020 - Invest for Jobs and the Rwandan Chamber of Tourism have conducted a first training for 240 employees in the pandemic-struck hospitality sector. Over the next few months, 720 more participants will follow. Read more.
Côte d’Ivoire: Launch of IFE first official call for proposals
30.11.2020 - The Facility « Investing for Employment » (IFE) aims to support the creation of decent employment opportunities in Africa. It does so by offering co-financing grants for new investment projects with a high job creation impact. IFE officially launched its first call for proposals in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday 30 November 2020. Read more.
Tunisia: Launch of IFE first official call for proposals
30.11.2020 - The Facility « Investing for Employment » (IFE) aims to support the creation of decent employment opportunities in Africa. It does so by offering co-financing grants for new investment projects with a high job creation impact. IFE officially launched its first call for proposals in Tunisia on Monday 30 November 2020. Read more.
Invest for Jobs signs Grant Agreement to Promote SMEs
16.11.2020 - Accra – Invest for Jobs and the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) – an agency under Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry – have signed a grant agreement to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating in Ghana. Read more.
Equipment for female entrepreneurs
13.11.2020 - Three finalists of the “Project Pitch” competition of the third edition of the leadership and mentoring program for young women entrepreneurs, African Women of the Future Fellowship (AWF), received the official hand over of material goods on November 13, 2020 at the premises of the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation in Abidjan. The three young women received technical and professional equipment for a total amount of 7,000 euros. Read more.
Social enterprises could create one million new jobs
11.11.2020 - A study conducted by Siemens Stiftung and commissioned by the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation predicts that social enterprises can provide up to one million new jobs in twelve African countries between 2020 and 2030. Read more.
Masks: protection against the virus and job preservation
14.10.2020 - The United Nations fear that the corona pandemic could put one in two jobs in Africa at risk. Many industries and companies are struggling with a declining demand for their products and services due to corona-related restrictions. In Senegal, the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation is therefore helping to preserve jobs. Read more.
