by Shane O'Halloran | Dec 8, 2023 | Advance, Empower, Enhance, Entrepreneurship, Female Empowerment, Uganda, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The POWER to Transform Family Planning in Uganda Meet Angel Babirye, A.K.A Malaika, CEO for Us for Girls, a new social enterprise in Uganda that is part of the POWER family (Providing Opportunities for Women in Entrepreneurship and...
by Shane O'Halloran | Nov 7, 2023 | Advance, Empower, Enhance, Entrepreneurship, Uganda, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: The POWER to Transform Family Planning in Uganda We recently had the privilege of speaking with Joan Patience Atuhaire, the Chief Executive Officer of SimplyFP, an innovative startup in Uganda that is part of a new initiative called...
by Shane O'Halloran | May 11, 2023 | Advance, Empower, Entrepreneurship, Uganda, Youth Empowerment
As I departed Uganda recently after participating in the POWER Demo Day, a mix of emotions overwhelmed me. The joy and appreciation for the remarkable success achieved by the POWER accelerator filled my heart, yet a hint of sadness lingered knowing that this phase of...
by Esayas Meskel | Dec 5, 2022 | Advance, Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
From 7 to 9 November, a team of donors, represented by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) along with the Stiftungallianz für Afrika gGmbH (SAfA), visited three projects, which are synergized under a shared programmatic outcome located...
by Shane O'Halloran | Jun 17, 2022 | Advance, Empower, Enhance, Entrepreneurship, Female Empowerment, Foster, Uganda, Youth, Youth Empowerment
The ‘Providing Opportunities for Women in Entrepreneurship and Reproductive Health’ project, or quite simply POWER for short, is a brand new joint-initiative developed by DSW and our long-term partner in Uganda, Action for Health Uganda (A4HU). Starting this month and...
by Philomena Marijani | Dec 23, 2021 | Advance, Empower, Enhance
DSW Tanzania has been implementing the “Afya yangu-Shule Yangu (My Health My School )” project in Dodoma City. The project recently organised a close out meeting that had the objective of disseminating lessons learnt and best practices to stakeholders after its...