Independent Evidence 

External research supports parts of our model

Innovations for Poverty Action’s Best Bets identifies evidence-backed approaches related to entrepreneurial mindset and soft-skills training, consulting support for SMEs, and teacher coaching. These findings align with elements of Wezesha’s model, but IPA did not evaluate Wezesha Impact directly.

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

Entrepreneurship education.

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.

Small business growth support.

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.

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).