Our Purpose
Why We Exist
Our Vision
Vibrant and self sustaining markets that deliver improved income and livelihoods for rural communities.
Our Mission
We promote the growth of youth and women enterprises and their supporting institutions in food security, nutrition, water and sanitation, climate solutions, and the SME sector. We achieve this by stimulating demand driven capacity development, investment, innovative financing, and market systems that deliver sustainable economic, social, and environmental progress.
EQUIP Framework
Our Core Values
The EQUIP framework guides everything we do.
Empowering
We equip youth and women with the skills and confidence to lead their own development.
Quality
We pursue excellence in every service and program we deliver.
Uniting
We connect stakeholders across sectors to build lasting partnerships.
Innovation
We develop creative solutions to complex market challenges.
Partnership
We work collaboratively with communities, governments, and funders.
EQUIP Values
Empowering
We equip youth and women with the skills and confidence to lead their own development.
Quality
We pursue excellence in every service and program we deliver.
Uniting
We connect stakeholders across sectors to build lasting partnerships.
Innovation
We develop creative solutions to complex market challenges.
Partnership
We work collaboratively with communities, governments, and funders.
How We Work
Our Model
Our model revolves around 3 complementary pillars that place capacity development at the core, not as an add on.
Market Facilitation Services
In person market matchmaking events, trade fairs, and connections that link youth and women entrepreneurs to buyers, suppliers, and commercial opportunities at the national and local level.
Technical Assistance Grants and Investments
Direct financial support, procurement and grant management, and creative funding tools like crowdfunding to help rural enterprises scale sustainably.
Learning and Sharing Platform
Knowledge generation through documented best practices, quality assurance, policy advocacy, and affordably priced professional services at the local level.
Our Reach