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Senegal

Bernadette Bineta Ndiaye: from the slum to the salon

Bernadette Bineta Ndiaye was a child when she moved to Baraque, a slum in Senegal’s capital city Dakar. Life here was a daily struggle overshadowed by a fear of crime and flooding. But thanks to the YOU Foundation and Invest for Jobs, she now lives in a proper apartment, has trained as a hairdresser and opened a salon with other women. Read more

Tunisia

Islem Azzouzi: a career boost thanks to SAP certification

Islem Azzouzi, from Tunisia, initially had trouble finding a job. Thanks to the ‘SAP Young Professionals Program’, she has learned important job skills and is now working as an SAP consultant. Read more

Rwanda

Moise Ntwari: from tinkerer to Managing Director

Even as a child, Moise Ntwari was fascinated by technology. But to become a developer he had to understand not only hardware but also software. Now he does precisely that, thanks to training supported by Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA), which has enabled him to rise to the position of Managing Director of Zatec RW in Kigali in a very short time. Read more

Ghana

Benjamin Kofi : Organic farmers expand their businesses

Benjamin Kofi is owner of a vegetable farm and struggled with post-harvest losses for a long time. After being introduced to organic farming, he and other farmers sharing his challenges founded a cooperative and started producing organically. With their new produce they were able to access a bigger market with sufficient demand to start producing all year round without post-harvest losses. Read more

Ethiopia

Wube Tadesse Lalebo: working for women’s participation and self-determination in Ethiopia

Wube Tadesse Lalebo: working for women’s participation and self-determination in Ethiopia Read more

Ethiopia

Mekika Aman: from street child to chef

Mekika Aman lived on the streets of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for 11 years. With support from Invest for Jobs, she completed an employability training and is now training to be a chef. Read more

Rwanda

Nickita Mukundwa: For more women's power in the IT sector

Nickita Mukundwa wants to improve women´s access to the ICT-sector in Rwanda. Digital Skills Accelerator Africa e. V. (DSAA), an association of companies in the digital services sector supported by Invest for Jobs, changed her perspective for an IT-career. Read more

Ghana

Salifu Zeba: New hope for young IT talent from Ghana

Salifu Zeba is sight-impaired. He was unemployed for eight years, despite having a bachelor’s degree. A project supported by the non-profit association Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA) now offers him new hope. DSAA promotes inclusion and trains young people in Africa to become IT experts, matching them with European companies. Read more

Tunisia

Melek Kessentini: A peacemaker finds his purpose in HR

Melek’s employment in Tunis for the German start-up CodeCooperation is a good example of the work of Soft Landing. The initiative by Invest for Jobs in Tunisia supported 18 European companies to set foot in the country since June 2022. Melek works for one of the companies as an HR specialist, building the IT-team needed to nearshore IT activities in Tunisia. Read more

Ghana

Nyin Akua: Fighting poverty with bees

For a long time, cashew farmer Nyin Akua struggled with a very low wage that made it difficult for her to earn a sufficient income for herself and her children. Until a project implemented by So-B-Green Limited provided her and others within her community with a training on sustainable farming. This opened up a new job opportunity she didn’t know that existed. Read more

Ghana

Abigail Dede Sackey: problem-solver with DSAA training

Abigail Dede Sackey has been paralysed since childhood, so she started school much later than other children. She learned by herself and discovered the IT sector. Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA) enabled her to acquire the necessary IT skills and now she wants to show other people with disabilities that there are opportunities available to them. Read more

Ghana

Sampson Dzivor: the only thing you need is passion

Sampson Dzivor has cerebral palsy. For a long time, he was afraid of not being able to keep pace with people in the ICT-sector. Having participated in a training of the Digital Skills Accelerator Africa e. V. (DSAA) he is now aiming for a career as a software developer and wants to enable other people with disabilities to do the same. Read more

Rwanda

Innocent Nyakayiho: How chilli peppers changed his life

Innocent Nyakayiho is a farmer from the Kirehe District in eastern Rwanda. For years he struggled to make ends meet. Through a project of African Evangelist Enterprise and Ejo Herza Cooperative supported by Invest for Jobs, he received training on chilli farming and got access to new equipment, helping him to increase his income and care for his family. Read more

Senegal

Khady Diouf: 'I would never give up this job.'

Thanks to Invest for Jobs, young women at Mburu have the opportunity to train to become bakers. One of these women is Khady Diouf. She used to think that training and employment were not for women – but giving up her job and her independence is now out of the question. Read more

Ghana

Comfort Bugri: Trainings for a shea collector in Ghana

Comfort Bugri always knew that her community is rich in shea nuts, but she didn’t know how to utilise the potential. A project implemented by the Global Shea Alliance and private sector partners now offers her new hope. The project trained her and other women on topics of quality shea processing and governance of her cooperative. Through the project her cooperative was matched with companies that are now buying the processed shea nuts. Read more

Ghana

Jeffrey Larbi-Akor: Data For All

Training opportunities in the IT sector were often in short supply in Ghana. When Jeffrey Larbi-Akor discovered his passion for data science, he felt he was on his own at first. But thanks to the training offered by Digital Skills Accelerator Africa (DSAA), he now works as a data scientist and applies his enthusiasm for data analysis in small enterprises, associations and even in churches in his community. Read more

We will continuously add new personal stories from our Invest for Jobs projects here.
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Under the Invest for Jobs brand, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has put together a package of measures to support German, European and African companies in investment activities that have a high impact on employment in Africa. The Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition" – the official title – offers comprehensive advice, contacts and financial support to overcome investment barriers. The development objective is to work together with companies to create up to 100,000 good jobs and to improve working conditions and social protection in its African partner countries.

Partner countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia.

Find out more about our services for companies, universities, chambers and associations: https://invest-for-jobs.com/en/offers

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