What four months at the First Youth Centre actually covers
A look at how the First Youth Programme in Molepolole moves young people from training into work and enterprise.
Learn practical business skills. Build a venture around a real opportunity. Grow with the support, workspace and connections to move forward.
Develop entrepreneurial knowledge, practical skills and confidence.
Turn an opportunity or business idea into a viable venture.
Strengthen an operating business, access support or find a workspace.
At IED, entrepreneurship is learned by doing. Our programmes combine structured learning with practical assignments, coaching, mentorship, industry exposure and work on real business ideas.
Venture Creation Labs are real enterprise environments where learning and commercial production happen together. The Foundry develops food entrepreneurs, AgriVenture Park focuses on agriculture and agribusiness, and ThreadWorks develops fashion and garment enterprises.
Access business advisory, mentoring, co-working space, meeting facilities and enterprise-development opportunities designed to help businesses operate and grow.
Since 2015, IED has worked with entrepreneurs, young people, businesses and partner organisations across Botswana.
IED works with public institutions, development organisations, businesses and ecosystem partners to expand entrepreneurship opportunities and deliver meaningful programmes.
A look at how the First Youth Programme in Molepolole moves young people from training into work and enterprise.
Profit tells you whether the model works. Cash flow tells you whether you survive until it does.
Registration through CIPA takes days. The decisions around it shape the next two years of the business.
Tell us where you are in your journey and we will direct you to the most relevant programme or service.