Launching a coalition to shape sustainable procurement practices and close the $1.1 trillion funding gap for social enterprises.
This November 11, 2024, discover financing strategies, engage, learn, and share to drive MSME innovation.
The EIT Climate-KIC report on East Africa’s climate innovation underscores the need for strategic collaborations to accelerate sustainable climate solutions.
A new policy framework by the Global Entrepreneurship Network and Youth Business International outlines strategic steps to empower and accelerate youth entrepreneurship, focusing on education, policy, and access to resources.
In December, join our flagship regional event to explore strategic regional approaches to support SGBs, impact investing, and innovative financing solutions.
At the Amazonian Innovation in the Bioeconomy webinar, sector leaders explored the region's vital role in climate solutions.
Addressing development challenges requires more than capital. Non-financial support and strategic guidance are essential for SGBs to thrive, creating sustainable, localized growth beyond financial investments.
Are you an ANDE member interested in helping SGBs navigate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) measurement and standards? We are putting out a call for our first working group on this topic!
BUZZEBEES CEO Michael Chen discusses the company's journey from startup to Thailand's leading CRM platform and his vision to connect the digital world.
Spark Talk: DREEM empowers young refugees in Kenya with digital skills and support, transforming online entrepreneurship into a path for sustainable change.
Catalyzing Change
Join the ANDE Pan Africa Conference 2025 in Senegal
Connect with visionaries at the ANDE Pan Africa Conference 2025 to foster inclusive entrepreneurship through youth empowerment, innovation, and diversity. Register now and inspire action for Africa’s future.
Six entrepreneur support organizations receiving $700,000 in funding to catalyze investment in the waste and circular economy.
The concept of gender-lens acceleration has taken hold in recent years, with various toolkits outlining how to be more gender inclusive at every step of the acceleration process, from selection to programming and alumni support. However, it is not well understood how effective these strategies have been in producing more equitable outcomes for women. This report aims to fill that information gap by synthesizing the research on accelerating women-led ventures and exploring case studies of three accelerator programs in Asia that have outsized impacts for such ventures.
Every entrepreneur operates within an ecosystem that determines the access to talent, finance, and markets that they need to grow their business. ANDE’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Maps serve as a tool for stakeholders to learn about the organizations providing support to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in a specific city, region, or country.
This mapping identified 140 organizations and nearly 170 distinct resources supporting entrepreneurs across Ethiopia. The online mapping provides a filterable directory of these organizations, categorized by sector, location, and support type. The mapping is complemented by a report analyzing the data and synthesizing key trends in the ecosystem.
Kenya's waste management and circularity sector offers significant opportunities for investors, driven by economic growth, increasing waste generation, growing regulations and innovations. This introductory guide is the first in a series that also includes investment guides that deep dive into each of the highest opportunity sub-sectors in Kenya’s waste and circularity sector: plastic waste, wastewater, organic waste and integrated waste management. These guides provide further information on trends, opportunities, policies and challenges, as well as further details on the main identified business models and their financing needs and case studies of successful businesses.
The partnership between USAID CATALYZE Market Systems for Growth (MS4G) and ANDE seeks to enhance business support services and facilitate investments to foster private sector growth and resilience in Ethiopia.
Come and explore the extraordinary journeys of entrepreneurs—small and growing businesses—working alongside ANDE members across the globe. Here is a sample: videos where these trailblazers share their own remarkable stories.
Listen to leaders from our member organizations describe their efforts to develop ecosystems for small and growing businesses in the Global South.