Why we do what we do

Independent evidence supports Wezesha Impacts’ pathway to dignified and sustainable youth livelihoods.

Young people across East Africa often lack the skills, support, and market access needed to earn a living. We help youth aged 16–30 start and grow enterprises through hands-on entrepreneurship training, long-term coaching, and market and finance linkages, aiming to boost incomes and enable dignified economic participation by 2035.

IPA’s Best Bets highlights three evidence-backed approaches that map directly to Wezesha Impact’s model.

Entrepreneurial mindset & soft-skills training:

  • Supports our experiential entrepreneurship education model.

  • Builds agency, initiative, confidence, and enterprise behaviour.

  • Relevant to youth moving from training into livelihoods.

Entrepreneurship education.

Consulting services to support SMEs:

  • Supports our small business growth support offer.

  • Reinforces mentoring, diagnostics, and tailored technical assistance.

  • Relevant to enterprise improvement, sales growth, and resilience.

Small business growth support.

Ecosystem Influence

Teacher coaching to improve student learning:

  • Supports our instructor and Youth Business Fellow training model.

  • Reinforces coaching, quality assurance, and delivery fidelity.

  • Relevant to scaling through TVET and partner delivery systems.

Innovations for Poverty Action, Best Bets: Emerging Opportunities for Impact at Scale (2023).