ATDF Entrepreneurship Hub

BACKGROUND
ATDF Entrepreneurship Hub Limited (AEH) is a unique multidisciplinary, multinational and not-for-profit private firm that supports and promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, and business development among the youths, small and medium enterprises. Founded in 2007, AEH undertakes market research, financing, training and mentoring and helps its clients to create useful business linkages, find trusted partners, and supports emerging entrepreneurs and firms through advice and funding. AEH also supports public and private entities in designing business strategies and other institutional arrangements that benefit innovators and entrepreneurs anywhere in Africa.
AEH is currently building a database of emerging, fast-growing and sustainable businesses likely to have a great impact in their sectors and society at large for the purposes of matchmaking with partners and potential investors, mentorship, investment and/or funding. This will also be complemented by a database of large and medium sized enterprises with interest or experience in private venturing, venture capital and building business linkages and value chains.
It is against this background that AEH seeks to recruit two interns with the overall responsibility to design, develop and implement digital media content and campaigns to reach emerging and potentially fast-growing businesses; collect information on identified firms, entrepreneurs and innovators; create databases and identify potential promoters and speakers that could be invited as well as keep the AEH family and its partners well informed.

THE MAIN DUTIES OF THE INTERN
Not withstanding the above generalities, the successful candidates are expected to help AEH:
1. Identify high performing, fast growing and sustainable small and medium sized enterprises, especially those run by youths and women in Zambia.
2. Identify entities and individuals that are likely to invest in, mentor and coach emerging entrepreneurs or entities, and that already perform similar roles/ activities in Zambia and beyond.
3. Create datasets of contacts, individuals and entities identified above that can be matched or invited to support each other.
4. Identify, approach and coordinate with great and cool speakers for AEH organized events.
5. Design and share content with members, keeping members informed of ongoing activities and participate in events organized by or for AEH.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS
The following are the main expected outputs:
 At least one (1) Dataset of contacts, individuals and entities developed;
 One (1) Calendar of Events created;
 At least one (1) event organized every 3 months;
 At least three (3) digital posts made per month.

TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS AND USAGE
The interns are expected to be aware of and well vested in the use of the following technologies:
1. Traditional office applications (Word processors, spreadsheets, presentation, publisher, etc).
2. Social media savvy (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook, X (formerly twitter), Instagram, telegram, etc).
3. Familiar or can learn to use automated digital services (e.g. Google Alerts, Calendry, etc).
4. Online tools for creating social media graphics and presentations (e.g. Adobe, Canva).
5. Capable of creating or learn to use simple data collection tools (e.g. Google forms, survey monkey, etc)
6. New and emerging research tools.

REQUIRED PROFILE/QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
(a) be enrolled in, or have completed, post-graduate school programme (Masters or equivalent or higher);
(b) have completed their undergraduate degree or equivalent.

Timeframe
Duration: Minimum of 3 months but not exceeding 12 months.

Costs
The intern will be compensated K4000 per month.

Google Forms: Sign-in Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

The Community Development Challenge Call

This call is targeting challenges that ‘communities’ are facing – not an individual- in all walks of life. Communities here may refer to farmers, processors, fishermen, village, small city, unplanned settlement or special group (e.g., youth, women, students, aged etc). For instance, a community of fish farmers are actively looking for safe and effective ways of cleaning the bottom of the pod, river, lake or sea to reduce infections on the farm.
Submit the challenge that a community you know is actively seeking to solve or overcome. This is a Challenge Call. Please do not submit solutions: this is not a call for innovations and/or solutions that you have developed. This is not an entrepreneurship or a research challenge and thus do not submit challenges related to business plans, research funding etc.
Eligibility criteria
The call is limited to students and youths who are registered as solvers on the Origin platform.
Closing date:29 December, 2023
Date of announcement of winners: 13 January, 2024
Top 5 challenges submitted will receive $200 each
Supported by AEH and DeKUT
Register to submit your challenge here: https://originlabsafrica.org/Challenge

After completing the Digital Product Development training with GIZ, we now have a niche group of individuals that are skilled in no/low-code application building. We are excited to see the ideas that have been formed grow and be moulded into great and impactful tools.

It’s a wrap!
Five days ago they were students learning Figma, Thunkable and how to build no code/ low code apps.
Tomorrow they will apply their new knowledge for the advancement of justice in Zambia.

The GIZ Enabling Access to Justice, Civil Society Participation and Transparency (EnACT) program and Swalisano Advisory have partnered to run training in Digital Product Development in order to foster the legal tech ecosystem in Zambia. The course will be targeted at aspiring entrepreneurs and will focus on digital product development, including mobile applications and websites, using no code tools. The course will take place in person for 8 weeks part-time, between 9th October to 2nd December.

Application DEADLINE: 21st September, 2022, at 12hrs.

Apply Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewG77_31HN3hY3FXH_INQh8zisuQcDVW_nb42GOtGHWIeeIg/viewform?usp=sf_link

https://aehglobal.com/2022/09/14/giz-enact-call-for-applications/