Equity bank group through it’s foundation operating in the seven east Africa community region place a representative office in Ethiopia is out to help you.

Equity group has partnered with Mastercard the global leader in payment through mastercard foundation and equity group foundation to help small scale farmers and business people to grow their ventures.

The other huge company taking part in this is KCB bank group with also a significant operations base in East Africa community through it’s 2jiajiri program

Through the young africa works initiative the four organisations are working together to make this a reality in East Africa.

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Young africa works

Please find brief information regarding Young Africa Works  Program:

This is a program that prepares youth for business through a partnership between Equity Group Foundation and MasterCard Foundation.

The program offers FREE training that covers financial literacy, entrepreneurship and business management skills, digital literacy, mentorship, and networks.

In this context, we offer convenient digital financial services that support the youth to grow their businesses (access to loans, access to payment solutions, insurance etc.), thereby helping the Young Africa Works program beneficiaries to scale their businesses.

Young africa works application

Application can be done at any of the branches country wide and the maximum joining age is 35 years. Notably, the program also supports businesses that have youth in employment.