E4Impact Ethiopia

09/09/2026

👗 A long journey of cooperation and shared experience will lead three young Ethiopian designers to showcase their creations at Afro Fashion Week, during the Milano Fashion Week in September 2026.

🌍 UltraFashion – Show Your Talent in Italy! is E4Impact Foundation's project, developed with the support of Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS) and UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization , guiding Ethiopian designers into the international fashion system all the way to the Milan Fashion Week runway.

🤝 This achievement is the result of a remarkable collaborative effort spanning two continents, together with Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo - Ufficio di Addis Abeba UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization iceaddis Creative Hub Ethiopia E4Impact Foundation and AfroFashion Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano

🎉 We can't wait to celebrate the grand finale and see these talented designers take the stage!

👉🏾 Want to know more about the project? Visit: https://e4impact.org/project/ultrafashion/

21/08/2026

🌍 On World Entrepreneurship Day, we celebrate the power of entrepreneurship to create opportunities, generate jobs and drive positive change in communities.

🚀 At E4Impact, we believe in entrepreneurship as a key driver of sustainable and inclusive development. Across Africa, we support entrepreneurs in starting and growing their businesses, strengthening their skills, accessing new markets and finance, and building networks that can help their companies thrive.

📈 Today, the E4Impact Alumni Community brings together more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, while our development projects have reached over 7,100 direct beneficiaries and more than 40,500 entrepreneurs through Training of Trainers activities.

💼 The impact goes beyond training: entrepreneurs participating in our MBA programmes create an average of 13 jobs each, while 96% have expanded their businesses. These figures reflect what entrepreneurship can achieve when talent, knowledge, networks and opportunities come together.

🤝 On this World Entrepreneurship Day, we celebrate all the entrepreneurs who turn ideas into businesses, challenges into opportunities and their ambitions into value for their communities. We are proud to walk alongside them and contribute to building stronger entrepreneurial ecosystems across Africa.

Learn more about us at https://e4impact.org/

18/08/2026

🧃 Do you work in the food and beverage sector and are you interested in collaborating with Cameroonian companies?

👉 Then this story might be for you!

📌 CARELLE NYLENE TEUWA KOUAM, one of our from Cameroon, is the founder of STF Natural (Société de Transformation des Fruits), a company that processes ginger, lemon, guava and hibiscus into natural and healthy juices.

📈 Her production facility has a capacity of 1,800 bottles per day and currently supplies more than 100 retail outlets across the country. The company has already created 20 direct jobs and more than 10 indirect jobs, with a particular focus on young people.

📩 If you are interested in exploring a potential collaboration with Carelle and her company, contact us at: [email protected].

🔎 In the meantime, discover more about her story and STF Natural in this article:

Carelle Teuwa Kouam, an E4Impact WONDER entrepreneur, turns Cameroon's fruit into natural juices, more than doubling turnover in three years.

28/07/2026

🌍 The E4Impact Ghana team took part in the Business Networking Week Kenya 2026 – Africa Tech Show, held July 22–24 at the KICC in Nairobi, Africa's "Silicon Savannah."

🚀 The event spotlighted FinTech, AI, AgriTech, HealthTech, Smart Cities and GreenTech, bringing together startups, investors, corporates and policymakers to shape the future of African innovation.

🤝 Our Ghanaian entrepreneurs, selected under the I.N.S.P.I.R.E and Pact for Skills criteria — with a strong focus on female participation and innovative competencies — represented Ghana and West Africa on this international stage.

💡 A meaningful step in our entrepreneurs' internationalization journey, reflecting E4Impact Ghana's mission to train the region's leading innovation entrepreneurs.

23/07/2026

👗 From Addis Ababa to Milan: building a competitive and sustainable Ethiopian fashion industry. On 25 July, Addis Ababa hosts the "UltraFashion Panel Discussion," a moment of dialogue within the UltraFashion – Show Your Talent in Italy! project.

🎤 The conversation will be moderated by Kalkidan Shashigo, Country Manager of E4Impact Foundation Ethiopia, alongside international fashion expert Marina Origgi and the project's three finalists: Dagmawit Tesfaye, Meaza Beyene, and Meti Hailemariam.

🌍 UltraFashion is implemented by E4Impact Foundation with the support of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), UNIDO, and Creative Hub Ethiopia, guiding Ethiopian designers toward the international fashion system, all the way to Milan Fashion Week.

📍 Join us on 25 July, from 9:00 to 11:00 am, at Creative Hub, Addis Ababa. All UltraFashion Project designers are warmly invited to attend.

22/07/2026

☕ The first module of the Executive Programme in Coffee Innovation and Business has come to a close — a milestone for Kenya's coffee sector and for the entrepreneurs shaping its future.

🎓 25 Kenyan coffee companies completed the first module at the Coffee Research Institute in Ruiru, part of a 236-hour programme combining classroom training, one-to-one mentoring, and applied project work.

🤝 The initiative is part of the ACT Programme (Advancing Climate-Resilience and Transformation in African Coffee), promoted by UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization and funded by Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo within the framework of the Mattei Plan and the EU's Global Gateway strategy. E4Impact Foundation leads the programme alongside Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Illy Caffè, Fondazione Ernesto Illy, Fondazione Maria Teresa Lavazza, Slow Food Italia, the Coffee Research Institute, and Dedan Kimathi University of Technology.

🌍 Together, they're building a more resilient, competitive, and investment-ready coffee value chain in Kenya.

E4Impact ha assegnato il Gian Marco Moratti Award 2026 per premiare gli imprenditori africani che conoscono a fondo i loro mercati e offrono soluzioni innovative.

16/07/2026

📌 Betty Kaddu is an from Uganda.

♻️ She is the CEO of BEST of WASTE Ltd - BoW, a social enterprise that transforms organic waste into sustainable energy products. The company produces eco-friendly briquettes and energy-saving stoves, offering a cleaner and more affordable alternative to traditional fuels like firewood and charcoal.

🌍 Best of Waste has produced and distributed over 300 tons of eco-friendly briquettes, reaching more than 500 households and small businesses. The enterprise has engaged over 100 young people and women in the production process, contributing to the reduction of deforestation and air pollution in Uganda.

If you are interested in exploring a partnership with her, get in touch at:
📩 [email protected]

To learn more about Betty and her journey, read her interview:

The E4Impact entrepreneur, Betty Kaddu, CEO of Best of Waste Ltd, transforms waste into sustainable energy products.

23/06/2026

📌 Roy Njoka is an from Kenya.

📱 He is the founder of Terralima, a digital commodity chain platform designed to connect a trusted network of smallholder farmers and cooperatives in Africa to global markets. The platform primarily links African farmers with food producers and cooperatives for the supply of fresh fruits and vegetables.

🌳 Terralima has onboarded more than 5,000 farmers across Kenya and facilitated over $20,000 in financing for smallholder farmers. The impact of the business extends to thousands of acres of sustainable farming, while reducing deforestation and promoting regenerative agriculture.

If you are interested in exploring a partnership with him, get in touch at:
📩 [email protected]

To learn more about Roy and his journey, read his interview:

The E4Impact entrepreneur, Roy Njoka, CEO of the digital platform, TerraLima, supports smallholder farmers in Kenya.

12/06/2026

Why should you choose an E4Impact Program?

We asked Loris Olivia Motouom, our from Cameroon, her opinion about the WONDER Cameroon, Cohort 3 (2025).

🔬 Olivia is the CEO of Agritechnologic Africa, a company whose mission is to use ICT technologies and biotechnological methods to improve food systems in both quality and quantity, ensuring healthy food is accessible to everyone.

🥔 They make flour from tubers and dried vegetables in various sizes. Olivia also acts as a consultant for technological solutions in agriculture with CAMYIRD. Agritechnologic Africa partners with various research and development companies.

👉🏾Learn more about our programs: https://e4impact.org/it/mba_project/mba-ethiopia/

05/06/2026

🌍 June 5 – World Environment Day 2026

Every year, this day reminds us of something simple: the health of our planet and the growth of our communities are deeply connected. At E4Impact, we believe that lasting environmental change is built from within, through African entrepreneurs who understand their ecosystems, respond to local needs, and create solutions that are both sustainable and meaningful.

Our programs walk alongside businesses that are driving real impact across key sectors:
🌾 Agribusiness and sustainable food systems,
⚡ Clean energy access for homes and communities,
🏡 Eco-friendly housing and construction solutions,
🌡️ And climate-resilience strategies for a changing world.

Meet the who are proving that sustainability and growth are not opposites — they are the same thing.
https://e4impact.org/mba-champions/