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EnterpriseDevelopment andPromotion
High unemployment rate, lack of access to financial capital among businesses and low employable skills were identified as some of the challenges the local community members faced with. ZaDeF in partnership with GIZ initiated an intervention called Akyem Skills, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (A-SEED) to improve the livelihood of 600 youth (of which 35% are females) in the Akyem communities through vocational training and skills development leading to additional employment opportunities for the local population. This combo pack intervention includes the establishment of Akyem Vocational and Technical Institute (AVTI) to serve as a hub for competency-based skills training of youth in the Mine Communities and a Credit Union to facilitate access to credit among individuals and businesses.