Priority axes

Four axes in preparation.

FIAD progressively structures its first intervention axes to prepare pilot programs adapted to the needs of African communities.

Education & Digital Skills

Structuring

FIAD is preparing an axis dedicated to education and digital skills. The goal is to structure programs that broaden access to training, digital tools and employability for African youth — especially young women and rural communities currently underrepresented in the digital economy.

Responses envisaged

•Certifying digital bootcamps
•Online learning platform
•Network of mentors and experts
•Seed micro-grants for projects
•Regional training centres

Target indicators

•Youth trained (target)
•Insertion rate at 12 months (target)
•Available certifying modules (target)
•Share of women trained (target)

SDGs : 4, 5, 8, 10

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Economic Empowerment

Structuring

FIAD is preparing an axis dedicated to the economic empowerment of populations currently excluded from formal financing — especially women entrepreneurs, rural youth and informal economy actors. The goal is to structure programs combining training, support, microfinancing and network access.

Responses envisaged

•Specialised incubators (youth, women)
•Impact micro-financing fund
•Training in management, leadership and e-commerce
•Mentor networks
•Support for business formalisation

Target indicators

•Women supported (target)
•Micro-businesses created (target)
•Financing volume unlocked (target)
•Survival rate at 24 months (target)

SDGs : 1, 5, 8, 10

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Social Innovation

Structuring

FIAD is preparing an axis dedicated to African social innovation — solutions designed by communities themselves to the challenges they face. The goal is to support initiatives combining local roots, sustainable business model and scaling potential.

Responses envisaged

•Thematic calls for projects
•Co-design with communities
•Pilot cases documented and scaled
•Connections to specialised funders
•Platform showcasing local knowledge

Target indicators

•Innovations supported (target)
•Communities involved (target)
•Solutions scaled (target)
•Funders mobilised (target)

SDGs : 9, 11, 17

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Environment & Sustainability

Structuring

FIAD is preparing an axis dedicated to environment and climate resilience. The goal is to structure programs combining clean energy, sustainable agriculture, ecosystem restoration and community capacity-building in the face of climate change — which hits hardest those least responsible for its causes.

Responses envisaged

•Rural renewable energy
•Sustainable agriculture and agroforestry
•Reforestation and ecosystem restoration
•Green technician training
•Climate awareness and advocacy

Target indicators

•Solar-electrified villages (target)
•Hectares restored (target)
•Trees planted (target)
•Green technicians trained (target)

SDGs : 7, 13, 15

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