• The Digitalize your Business (DYB) training tool is specifically designed to provide practical guidance on using e-commerce to sell products and/or services online and digitizing business processes. It was initially developed as part of Egypt's digital transformation, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as a complementary module to the existing SIYB package. Following its success, it was adapted in Uganda and Kenya, with other modules added to suit the local contexts. 

Check out the video on DYB produced by the RYLO in Uganda here.  

Find out more about the PROSPECTS programme’s wider learning on the digital and gig economies. 

• The programme team partnered with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) to roll out the Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) and GET Ahead training in the Rhino and Nakivale settlements. UWEAL is a membership-based organization, representing some 80,000 female-owned small, medium and large businesses in Uganda. The refugee and host community female entrepreneurs who were supported by UWEAL under PROSPECTS were also registered as members of the association, so they were able to avail of a support structure and network in the long term.
• Based on the ILO’s training material, a refugee youth-led organization in Uganda, Unleashed, developed a module specifically designed as a stand-alone programme for women, called U-Leadies, as part of its enhanced BDS offerings. The organization was ultimately contracted by the ILO to implement BDS training in Nakivale, which provided it with practical experience in project design, implementation and administration. Find out more in the case study.

Find out more about the PROSPECTS programme’s wider learning on gender and disability inclusion.

• In Ethiopia, youth-led organizations were provided with financial and capacity-building support via a competitive grant scheme, the Youth-to-Youth Fund. The fund supports youth-led initiaties that addressed challenges in their communities while promoting employment opportunities for young people. One of these organizations, Safe Light Initiative, provided entrepreneurship, employability and leadership training to young people.
• In Uganda, PROSPECTS helped build on a social entrepreneurship education programme run by UNICEF. RYLOs were engaged in integrating SIYB into UNICE's UPSHIFT model, focusing on the modules for starting up businesses. What became known as integrated UPSHIFT (i-UPSHIFT) supported young entrepreneurs in the Nakivale and Rhino settlements to develop business ideas based on community needs.
• The programme in Lebanon trained more than 650 young people – male and female – through its My First Business entrepreneurship programme. Find out more in the case study. 

Find out more about the PROSPECTS programme’s wider learning on youth engagement.