Training connects employment and enterprise
Sightsavers programme manager David Agyemang described mentoring and internships to prepare participants for work. Challenges Ghana programme lead Pearl Siale said the initiative would develop businesses run by young people with and without disabilities. She identified financial management, sales, business planning and risk management among the training areas. [1]
Business support tailored to participants
Challenges Group’s programme description set out individual assessments, growth plans, training and continuing business advice. Its entrepreneurship strand covered Accra, Kampala, Lusaka and Dar es Salaam, with targets across those cities of supporting 360 microbusinesses and creating 576 job opportunities. Half of the entrepreneurs were intended to be disabled people. [2]
Research examines barriers to finance
Sightsavers also registered a related Ghana–Uganda study starting on 14 November 2024. It aimed to examine which financing options young entrepreneurs could access and preferred, and how financial products affected their businesses. The study would use mixed and participatory methods to help improve the programme’s financial inclusion support. [3]