Financial support for small businesses in Africa

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Green Businesses, Apply for Our Thematic Call #GreenGhana

Apply for WIDU’s next Local Call in Ghana and receive a Grant and Coaching. #GreenGhana funds small businesses with innovative green business ideas.

Entrepreneurs from all six countries WIDU is active in: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Togo and Tunisia

WIDU.africa

provides funding and coaching to small businesses in participating African countries

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Promoting with films: Media production for and with young people in Kenya

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Subscribe now to WIDU in Tunisia!

If you're a member of the Tunisian diaspora in Europe and would like to support a friend or family in developing a business, WIDU is the solution!

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WIDU.africa

provides funding and coaching to small Businesses in participating African countries

Do you belong to the African Diaspora and want to support your friend’s or family’s business?

Apply now

Learn how WIDU works

Participating countries

Our Success in Numbers

46.00

%

Female Entrepreneurs

5702.00

Businesses Supported

9.00

.32Mio €

Disbursed Grants

Success Stories

Success stories

Cheesy Vaga

Cheesy Vaga, between sustainability and innovation in the Béja dairy sector

As leader of a cooperative, Dhekra is transforming the dairy sector of Béja in North of Tunisia

Yolanda

Leather steps and accessories with a touch of love and art

Yolanda Odida's Kenya-Crafted Leather, Empowered by WIDU for Sustainable Success

Soumaya Hammami

A Tunisian packaging company goes green

Soumaya has transformed her cardboard packaging project into an eco-responsible business.

Tabitha Wanjira

Crafting Durable Solutions with Kakuma Women Refugees for a Green Future

ICOKE MAZINGIRA, a business that promotes durable solutions for refugee communities

Florence Mogere

Fresh and healthy vegetables for Kenyans living in cities

Florence produces locally grown und frozen vegetables full of vitamins for people living in cities.

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Waste to Jobs through Sustainable Biogas Production?

Solange, Biogas Technology founder, fosters sustainable job creation in Cameroon.

Mellow Group

Mellow Group - Inspiration for a Generation of Young Entrepreneurs in Cameroon

Sandra, the young founder of Mellow Group, produces wooden furniture in Cameroon.

GIC Bellomar

Stopping The Spread of Corona - With Spoiled Fruit

Bellomar advances Cameroon research with fruit waste alcohol, thanks to Corona Business Grant.

NOHI - 1

Nohi’s Chocolate is 100 % Cameroon – Thanks to Private Investment by Diaspora

Chocolate from Cameroon for Cameroonians: The Nohi factory produces 100% locally.

About WIDU

WIDU.africa is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). In collaboration with the African diaspora in Europe, WIDU applies an innovative approach that combines funding and coaching to strengthen new and existing small businesses in Africa, which then leads to the creation of new jobs.

Find out more about WIDU.

WIDU is always free of charge

We do not ever ask diaspora donors or African entrepreneurs, nor their relatives or friends, to pay for our services. WIDU funding and coaching is and will always be provided for free.
Do not under any circumstances agree to give a share of your WIDU grant to a broker or a middle-man. These brokers/middle-men are breaking the law and will be sued by us.