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.

ASSERT, in partnership with YEP, is inviting youth entrepreneurs to become one of the 25 selected vendors of the pop-market scheduled for its first event on October 6th. Vendors will be provided a stand, training and marketing support.

The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), through the National Association of Co-Operative Credit Unions of The Gambia (NACCUG), brings a solution to grassroots entrepreneurs in need of support to start of capital to boost their businesses. With the mini-grant scheme, Gambian youth with a solid business plan can apply for grants up to D47,000. The mini-grant funds will be disbursed to grantees eithe...

The Independent Evaluation Unit of ITC (IEU) plans to conduct a midterm evaluation of the ITC its ‘Youth Empowerment Project in The Gambia’. The purpose of this call for expression of interest is to identify a qualified national evaluation consultant to conduct this midterm project evaluation. Therefore, individuals are invited to apply for this assignment.

You ever wanted to get trained in producing and repairing agricultural equipment or were interested in creating solar systems for your home place? Become part of the first courses in the renovated Mansa Konko site!

The ITC invites tenders for the Youth Centers Refurbishment in Farafenni & Janjangbureh. Youth Centres are spaces that act as catalysts for social cohesion in many ways. First, they are a community hub and platform in which youth and children can network and express their views on issues affecting them. Second, they can offer thematic programmes in areas relevant to the youth (e.g. Health, ICT, En...

The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) and the International Trade Center (ITC) in partnership through the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) invite interested candidates to participate in The Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Information Technology (ELIT 2019) National Youth Summer Camp. This opportunity will allow young people to acquire relevant knowledge and skills to start and successfully ma...

The National Youth Council (NYC) in partnership with the German Development Agency GIZ, GTTI, GTMI, PIA, Ida’s Ideas Fashion & Design Training Institute, Vicky’s Training and Skills Centre, Chamen Training Institute and Sterling Consortium are inviting applications for a fully funded Technical Vocational Education Training (TVETs) for youths in Greater Banjul Area (GBA).

ITC is implementing The Gambia Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), which is a four-year project launched in 2017 that aims at supporting youth employment and entrepreneurship to address the economic root causes of irregular migration. It is funded by the European Union (EU) Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. In addition, ITC is also implementing the Jobs, Skills and Finance (JSF) for Women and Youth...

The entrepreneurship component of the project supports self-employment and job creation among youth through business skills training and entrepreneurship support programmes. YEP partners with Gambian Business Support Organizations (BSOs) and strengthens their capacity to provide training and advisory services to youth entrepreneurs and overall support to support competitiveness and growth of youth...

The International Trade Centre is looking for a service provider that can develop an online platform to be known as “Youth Services Directory” which provides an overview of different training, learning and business opportunities for young Gambians offered by different national and international partners.

The Earth Builders Association, in collaboration with the Startup Incubator Gambia and the International Trade Centre (headquarters in Geneva) under the auspices of the EU-Gambia Government Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), are inviting applications for a scholarship for Gambian youths to pursue employability skills development training in compressed stabilised earth blocks (CSEB):

As a part of the YEP Tech component under The Gambia Youth Empowerment Project, ITAG, the Gambian IT sector association, is being supported in its institutional development. In the framework of this intervention, a benchmarking self-assessment and a PIRM (Performance Improvement Road Map) have been completed, and they identify a need to strengthen the capacity of the association to assess the...

Are you a designer living or working in Africa? This is a unique opportunity to take part in the IFFAC Accelerator Programme, focused on supporting and strengthening emerging African brands.

UNDP is launching a pilot Accelerator Lab initiative in The Gambia. The aim of the lab is to create a space and platform for innovative thinking and ideas to solve some of Gambia’s most intractable issues and challenges. They are looking for outside the box thinkers, who can apply and join contribute to this concept. The Accelerator Lab will undertake i) external facing interventions addressing pr...

UNDP is launching a pilot Accelerator Lab initiative in The Gambia. The aim of the lab is to create a space and platform for innovative thinking and ideas to solve some of Gambia’s most intractable issues and challenges. They are looking for outside the box thinkers, who can apply and join contribute to this concept. The Accelerator Lab will undertake i) external facing interventions addressing pr...

UNDP is launching a pilot Accelerator Lab initiative in The Gambia. The aim of the lab is to create a space and platform for innovative thinking and ideas to solve some of Gambia’s most intractable issues and challenges. They are looking for outside the box thinkers, who can apply and join contribute to this concept. The Accelerator Lab will undertake i) external facing interventions addressing pr...

We are looking the services of an organisation / company to support the following activities: 1) Coaching and mentorship program for returnees on job search mechanisms 2) Provision of customized job counselling to returnees 3) Development of a system to facilitate matching of of returnees and potential employers 4) Mapping of employers in major sectors of employment in the Gambia The servic...