- Small and Medium Enterprises
Project Name:Women’s Microenterprise Mentoring and Capacity Building Project in Eswatini
Project status:Projects in Operation
Cooperating Country:Kingdom of Eswatini
Project Description:
According to the official data of Eswatini, there are 59,283 micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in the country, whose output value accounts for about 60% of GDP, of which 84% are micro-enterprises, and the majority of these enterprises are owned by female entrepreneurs. The development of MSMEs has been identified by the government as a key point for economic development. The implementation of this project will help to improve women's micro-enterprises through business counseling and mentoring. Therefore, this will improve the performance of the micro-enterprises in rural areas, leading to increased income and sustainability. The key points of the implementation of this project plan include: (1) Micro-enterprise capacity building; (2) Improving the capacity of micro-enterprise training and counseling institutions; (3) Providing funds needed for the development of micro-enterprises in Eswatini, to assist in strengthening the counselling and mentoring capabilities for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, thus improving people's livelihood and as well as national economic development.
Region:Africa
Implementation Start Date:2023-10-20
Implementation End Date:2027-12-31
Project Objectives:
For the average operating profit of 240 micro and small enterprises assisted by the program to have increased by at least 40% compared with before the program intervention.
Executing Agency:
Taiwan Technical Mission in Kingdom of Eswatini; Eswatini Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade; Co-operative College of Eswatini (ECODEC); Small Enterprises Development Company(SEDCO)
Current Progress:
By the end of Dec. 2023, the following activities have been implemented:
1. A coordination meeting of the plan implementation task group was held.
2. Teachers and teaching resources integration completed.
3. Complete student selection and the cooperative (KUYENTEKA) registration documents
Project Contact:Wang, Yen-Chih
Phone:028886054
E-mail:y.j.wang@icdf.org.tw
- Update:2024-02-07
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