Planning for Sustainable SMEs in Africa

‘Planning and Managing your Business’ workshops run by Interims for Development are enabling recent returnees to Africa to develop their new businesses in a more structured and sustainable way.

Sponsored by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a leading international organisation working with migrants and governments to provide humane responses to migration challenges, the workshops have provided in-country support for refugees returning home to South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Through the IOM’s Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP), the organisation has assisted over 7,500 individuals and families with assisted return and reintegration assistance in the countries of return.

As part of the reintegration process, the workshops are providing returnees with access to training for setting up a small business; enabling participants to acquire the tools they need to rebuild their lives back in their countries of origin and to sustain their return on a long-term basis. Interims for Development has already successfully assisted the IOM with employment and entrepreneurial orientation and training for returnees to Zimbabwe, with highly positive feedback from both participants and IOM staff.

Source:www.interimsfd.com