Sociocapital conducted the Mid-Term Review of the USAID-funded ‘Water for Agriculture’ project interventions targeted at sustainably increasing water availability and management towards increasing agricultural productivity amongst 4,000 farmers and 50,000 herders in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states in North-Eastern Nigeria.
In partnership with the Henley Business School, UK and AfriNolly Creative Hub, Lagos, Sociocapital co-created an interactive, modular, and asynchronous Pan-African social impact entrepreneurship e-learning program with learner-directed, self-paced learning content targeted at early-stage entrepreneurs in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa but open to users more widely across the continent. The program is currently deployed across Africa as virtual and in-person/hybrid programs with course versions in English and Arabic.
Sociocapital supported the Skills for Prosperity (S4P) Nigeria Project to conduct a detailed country landscape and stakeholder satisfaction survey to: identify and address factors that shape the business environment for technical and vocational education and training (TVET); understand stakeholder’s satisfaction with TVET programmes, apprenticeships, and traineeships; and uncover specific areas related to safeguarding, gender equality and social inclusion capacity.
Sociocapital supported the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the World Food Program to equip and support Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs), the private sector, as well as humanitarian and development actors within the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network to collaboratively adopt safe and healthy nutrition business practices through the development of global convergence toolkit, technical assistance strategy and revised governance framework.
Towards a More Collaborative, Country-Led, and Global Nutrition Response Read More »
Sociocapital led the development of the National Creative Hub Strategy towards advancing the Nigerian creative economy through impact entrepreneurship, education, and investment. The strategy is positioned to unlock impact capital to foster the growth of the creative economy and the establishment of incubator hubs for the creative industry in Nigeria.
Using data to inform its Total Market Approach (TMA) strategies and measure progress, Sociocapital supported the delivery of a baseline assessment to generate the qualitative insights needed to contribute to the goal of reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in line with the SMGL 2.0 project objectives – improved access to and quality of maternal and new-born care and institutional delivery services; and strengthened collaboration and partnership between government and the private health sector.
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In expanding the country’s equitable contraceptive technology access, Sociocapital supported the development of the national Hormonal Intrauterine System (H-IUS) product introduction strategy that addresses specific country requirements from selection to scale-up in a manner that is wholly government-led. The strategy development process was built on market insights based on a realistic contraceptive investment case which incorporated behavioural economics principles, social behaviour changes (SBC) theories and design thinking methodologies.
Sociocapital supported Development Alternatives, International (DAI) – the Fleming Funding local partner in Nigeria to develop a comprehensive Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Use (AMU) communication strategy that would drive behaviour change amongst stakeholders in the aquaculture value chain.
About 7 in every 10 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) owned by women have little or no access to financial services; a reflection of the $42b gender financing gap in Africa. Sociocapital is one of the implementing partners of the Growth4Her project, an accelerator which provides women entrepreneurs with the capacity and tools needed to transition from small to high-potential fundable growth-stage businesses. The program offers investment readiness skills, direct links to funders, and fosters an ecosystem that supports these women to survive and thrive.
Empowering Africa’s Female-led MSMEs for growth through Gender Lens financing Read More »
