Haiti is full of ambitious and motivated young leaders and entrepreneurs. Despite their many challenges, they persevere day in and day out, to bring about real change. To celebrate their enormous contributions and vision, we are thrilled to announce International Youth Day 2024. Along with our strategic partners at the Haiti Food System Alliance, CEDEL, and more, two exciting events will be held in Cap Haitian and Jacmel on August 11 and 12, to highlight the work and products of young entrepreneurs in the key sectors of agriculture and craft.
We will organize conferences, inspirational youth speakers, an exciting marketplace to buy beautiful local products and to learn about new opportunities for financing and partnership, as well as technical workshops. Join us as we work with all actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem to inspire collaboration, encourage investment, and spread the word of incredible innovations taking place in local communities around Haiti.
Join us on February 18 for an inspiring webinar featuring the future leaders of Haitian agriculture, all from the Chanpyon Lakay competition! Join us to celebrate the entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of agriculture through leadership, innovation, and sustainable impact.
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The Chanpyon Lakay competition is a unique opportunity for Angaje entrepreneurs to gain visibility and receive support for their projects. For 2024 edition more than 15.000 voters have pledged to declare their top choice for the Chanpyon Lakay competition. Thanks to our financial partners, these young entrepreneurs will receive grants of up to 20,000 USD to develop their businesses and bring about significant change in their communities.
CLE closed the Angaje program with its third seminar on September 14, 2024. This seminar once again brought together one hundred emerging social entrepreneurs (65% of whom were women) for training sessions led by experts in areas such as marketing, social innovation, financial management, as well as other key topics aimed at encouraging positive change and business growth.
ANGAJE transcends a mere training program, offering a comprehensive ecosystem designed to train, support, connect and FUND through financing and seed grants the visions of Haiti’s future leaders. Our goal is to empower these entrepreneurs to help build a more prosperous, inclusive, and equitable economy in Haiti. In short, to SUCCEED.
Micro, Small and Medium (MSME) Enterprises, defined as enterprises with 100 or less employees, employ 80% of the Haitian economy. Especially in value-generating sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and services, MSME’s are the main engine of growth, investing in the scale of Haiti’s national products and providing critical services such as health care and access to financing where larger institutions and the public sector are often absent.
CLE and its partners are thrilled to be investing in and celebrating the new generation of social entrepreneurs with our second annual day of MPME events, on June 27, 2024
On June 27, 2024 at 2 pm, join us for the webinar, “Boosting Social Innovation and Growth: Enhancing Capital Access for Entrepreneurs,” gathering entrepreneurs, incubators and investors to explore challenges and opportunities faced by innovative MPME’s, specifically women and youth-led, in accessing appropriate growth capital.
We will also be launching our second annual Entrepreneurship Survey to assess opportunities, challenges, resources, and needs for emerging entrepreneurs, providing consistent data on which entrepreneurs, programs, and investors can rely.
Time: 2:00 -3:00 PM
∙ 650 000 Gourds
∙ 300 000 Gourds
∙ Plaque of honor and merit
∙ 15 months of technical assistance with CLE
∙ 300 000 Gourds
∙ Plaque of honor and merit
∙ 15 months of technical assistance with CLE
∙ 65 000 Gourds
∙ Plaque of honor and merit
∙ 15 months of technical assistance with CLE
The commitment of Haitian social entrepreneurs is key to emerging from the current socio-economic crisis. These courageous and visionary young Haitians are finding market-driven solutions to systemic challenges, working to transform sectors such as health care and agro-business to build the inclusive, growing, and self-reliant economy that Haiti needs and deserves. This work is supported by core partners W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Global Affairs Canada, and the TK Foundation, and key program and market partners including our 14 agricultural organizations at the Haiti Food System Alliance. Together we are building a long-term plan to assess gaps in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and launch strategic and ambitious programming that is as bold as the new generation of Haitian social entrepreneurs and leaders.
to over 40 youth and women-led social enterprises through six different grant and business competitions.
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providing residential leadership development, technical training and coaching, and peer mentorship
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