The effective use of media and communication strategies is a critical success factor for the work of business support organization, training providers, membership-based organizations and other institutions. Effective communication affects client and customer engagement and satisfaction, drives advocacy efforts, improves brand recognition and perception and ultimately influences the quality of resu...

Since October 2018, this scheme offers loan products with a reduced level of collateral and interest rates to young entrepreneurs across The Gambia and has resulted in unlocking GMD 11,485,400 of private capital for youth-owned businesses. The Mini-Loans Scheme aims at facilitating the acquisition of small machinery and equipment, acquisition of new premises, improvement and expansion of existing...

Grants up to D50,000 to facilitate acquisition of equipment, materials, licenses and other business critical inputs and assets. Grants are disbursed either as cash or as assets, but asset disbursements will be given priority where feasible. No collateral, interest rate or repayment requirements.

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), in partnership with the Social Development Fund (SDF), brings a solution to increase accessibility to finance for youth-led micro, small and medium sized enterprises in The Gambia.

The Job Skills and Finance Program through the SKYE model is offering TVET scholarships to One Hundred and Fifty (150) youth and women in the program target regions, LRR, CRR and NBR. The SkYE Fund is a results-based competitive funding model that ensures the critical importance of training youth to meet existing job needs, or in the case of self-employment, successfully meet market opportunities...

The Youth Empowerment Project through the SKYE model is offering TVET scholarships to Five Hundred and Ninety-Five (595) youth across the country. The SkYE Fund is a results-based competitive funding model that ensures the critical importance of training youth to meet existing job needs, or in the case of self-employment, successfully meet market opportunities Under the scheme, twenty-seven pro...

The Build For Good (B4G) Project is an initiative funded by the European Union under the GCCA+ Climate Resilient Coastal and Marine Zone Project for The Gambia. The one-year project is jointly implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and Gambia Earth builders Association (EBA). The objective of the project is to promote the use of earth as an alternative to sand in construction to contr...

Are you a Gambian digital startup looking to better structure and develop your business? Apply to the 2021 YEP Tech Startup Support Programme! It is a one-year tech startup support programme aimed at Gambian tech startups. The startups will be segmented based on to their levels of maturity and will benefit from the following activities according to their categorisation. > Training, online...

Green-Up Gambia and Trash 4 Cash initiative is offering new training Program for young Gambians in the area of Waste Management & Recycling. The trainings aims to build the capacity of youth and women in most advanced tools, techniques, best practices and skills of how to recycle and manage solid waste to tackle waste management challenges in the rural Gambia. The scholarships are offered in colla...

YEP is partnering with the QMoney to allow 5 entrepreneurs to integrate the QMoney API in their business websites. The QMoney API helps merchants to easily integrate a QMoney customer to merchant payment transaction on their website or web-app by a click of a button. The solution targets checkout pages, purchases of services or goods and environments where an order id is provided. The solution...

Janjangbureh Tour Guides Association is made up of youth with a vision to conserve, protect and promote sustainable, inclusive and community-based tourism. The objective of the assocation is to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through empowerment, shared learning whilst creating a conducive and inclusive environment for young people. Being conscious of the role...

BACKGROUND About ITC The International Trade Centre (ITC) is a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, focusing in particular on developing the export capabilities of small and medium-sized businesses in developing and transition economies. ITC is 100% "Aid for Trade", supporting trade that delivers inclusive and sustainable development results. ITC’s mandate covers...

4.1.2 Through the “Security Sector Training”, YEP sets out to build marketable skills of young Gambians who have left or want to leave the national security forces. The training focuses specifically on private security training, in order to improve the employability prospects of security personnel outside government institutions. Prestige Security together with YEP is providing training for in...

The International Trade Centre (ITC) in collaboration with the Government of The Gambia under the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) is looking for Entrepreneurship Support Organisations to organise the Tech4Good event that could produce the most innovative solution to solve the Monitoring and Evaluation challenge faced by development projects. Objectives and expected results With support from...

The International Trade Centre (ITC) in collaboration with the Government of The Gambia under the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) is looking for an Business Support Organisation to organise and promote a Hackathon solving Agriculture Value Chain Problems. Objectives and expected results The service provider is expected to organise a Hackathon that will focus on how solution developers - with s...

The International Trade Centre (ITC) through the European Union Funded Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in collaboration with the government of The Gambia and industry partners developed the Youth and Trade Road Map for the Creative Industries to activate job and income opportunities for young Gambians. The Roadmap includes an action plan that guides the project's work and its partners to support s...

Inline with this drive, ITC seeks for training providers to train 25 women and youth from Greater Banjul Area (GBA) in Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks (CSEB) production and masonry. The training will address and meet the need for skilful youth and women in the compressed stabilised Earth Block production and brick laying in response to the rapid demand for the skillset whilst ensuring that...

Together with The Gambia Tourism and Hospitality Institute, we are rolling out a 3-months training in Professional Bakery, followed by an internship programme. The training starts in August and targets youths and women in the West Coast Region and the Upper River Region. Apply before June 30.