Our Initiatives

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Digital Jobs

 

McDaan foundation is looking at different ways to combat this pervasive problem of youth unemployment and digital jobs are one of such efforts. Digital jobs generally include performing information-based tasks that build the individual's capacity for future work, we will perform these by Connecting youth living in poverty in Africa to data and content processing work from the western world. This initiative will develop the skills and digital literacy that is critical to accessing future job, more importantly it will create ICT powered jobs and consequently improve the well being of those employed, their families and communities.

 

Creating Franchising Opportunities to African Youth

 

Franchising is a tried and tested technique that can help grow a business much faster than following a traditional business model. Using our in house franchise expertise and business consultancy, McDaan foundation will liaise with multilaterals, philanthropies and businesses to utilise and scale out business models that have proven successful and implement them in Africa. We will not only assist young people start and manage these franchised micro businesses but will also train, supervise, oversee and guide them to ensure that all businesses established not only grow but thrive

 

Initiating Small Scale Processing Industries

 

African growth cannot be sustained without a structural transformation that lifts people from low productivity agricultural and the informal sector to higher productivity activities. With labour cost advantage, abundant natural resources and mass market, SSA has a competitive edge in small scale manufacturing. McDaan Foundation will work with multilateral organisations, financial institutions, manufacturing companies to come up with a structure to enhance the development of operation of small scale industries. Using our in-house capabilities, McDaan Foundation will engage in market research, skills development, access to markets, strategic planning and operational management.

 

Promoting youth to start-up businesses

 

From their business ideas to strategies for implementing them, mentorship and seeking seed funding, McDaan Foundation will partner with committed entrepreneur seeking to start and expand by providing a strategic blend of finance and value added business support to allow start-ups and businesses to grow. Our model represents a unique approach to giving start ups access to markets, risk capital, skills through industry experts, financial and operational management, strategic planning, and ability to grow. We are driven by the conviction that an integrated approach is the only way to address the challenges faced by this missing segment. By using a proactive and hands on approach to assist businesses in difficult and risky environment not met by mainstream financial services, we believe we can not only enable businesses to grow but also enable them to graduate and be in a position to access mainstream financial services.