Enhancing Capacities of Women and Youth-led Enterprises for Regional Trade (ECoWYERT) Program 2027

The ECoWYERT Program 2027 is a rolling-basis training initiative for young people, entrepreneurs, traders and enterprises to strengthen skills for regional trade. It offers practical employability, entrepreneurship and business-management training, including financial literacy, business planning, marketing, digital tools and cross-border trade readiness within six African countries. The program is led by UNDP in partnership with Mastercard Foundation and implemented in Botswana, the DRC, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Practical employability, entrepreneurship and business-management skills; financial literacy and record-keeping; business planning and growth strategies; marketing and customer development; digital business tools; guidance on business formalisation; cross-border trade and export-readiness; knowledge of regional markets under AfCFTA.

Open to young people, entrepreneurs, traders and enterprises in six African countries; categories include New-to-Trade Youth, Existing Traders, Growing Trade Enterprises, and Scaling Trade Enterprises.

Submit an application via the UNDP Zimbabwe calls page for ECoWYERT program.