YouthConnekt Malawi

Pitching with Passion 4: agriculture, software engineering & fashion and textile business pitches Watch two entrepreneurs, supplying raw and processed produced, an innovative software engineer whose apps continue to make waves in Malawi and a thriving fas...

The She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship is open for applications, offering an immersive leadership experience designed to support women driving gender-responsive agrifood systems across Africa.

🗓 Applications close on 31 January

Apply here:
https://awardfellowships.org/news/the-call-for-the-she-leads-african-food-futures-sheaf-fellowship-opens/

Youth in southern region this is for you

CALL FOR INNOVATORS – SOUTHERN REGION

Do you have a new business idea you’ve been thinking about but don’t know how to take it further?

In partnership with Zantchito Entrepreneurship, the MUBAS Business Incubation Centre is inviting idea-stage entrepreneurs to apply for its 6-month full incubation programme.

📅 Application deadline: 25 January 2026

👉 Apply online using the link below or collect a form from the MUBAS Incubation Centre

https://entrepreneurship.zantchitomalawi.org/work-with-us/

‼️Webinar: Crafting Your Business Pitch‼️

International Trade Centre — Ye! Community

30 October 2025, 2 PM CET
This interactive series is designed to demystify entrepreneurship and provide you with the core skills, strategic insights and actionable tools needed to go from idea to ex*****on. Whether you're fresh out of school, a young professional exploring a business path, or looking to turn a side hustle into a full-time venture, this series is for you.

Please register :

communication Date Change: Basics of Entrepreneurship Webinar Now on October 30th Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve had to reschedule our upcoming webinar. The new date is October 30th, 2025. Join us for our Basics of Entrepreneurship series. This interactive series is designed to demystify entrepreneurshi...

YouthConnekt Online Concept note and funding proposal development training for youthled initiatives in Malawi. Meet one of the Facilitators, Jon White from UK.

Date & time: TBA
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-lP5MLFtU7YW3oBpNiKCmFLqOV0XsyjtjH8SQBeoIk7C8UQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Jon is a dynamic and results-driven executive with more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship, crisis management and organisational transformation across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Beginning his career as an Army Officer, he developed the foundation of operational leadership. He has since held specialist interim and permanent executive roles up to Group CEO with global organisations and start up technology businesses across the UK, EMEA, USA and Asia-Pacific.

Jon has participated in and led fundraising initiatives from Angel and Crowdfunding to Institutional equity and debt, successfully completing transactions from proposal design and investor roadshows to legal deal completion.

He has successfully negotiated and delivered client contracts worth over £20M, completed funding initiatives from £500K to £180M, and led business strategies to enhance exit valuations.

Currently, he serves as Founder of Global Resilience Management Ltd, is a specialist worldwide crisis responder and a resilience industry AI expert.

YouthConnekt Online Concept note and funding proposal development training for youthled initiatives in Malawi. Meet one of the Facilitators, Nkomo Khulekani from Zimbabwe.

Date & time: TBA

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-lP5MLFtU7YW3oBpNiKCmFLqOV0XsyjtjH8SQBeoIk7C8UQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Nkomo Khulekani is a seasoned development professional with over a decade of experience in development and training. He has held various positions in International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), including Program Area Manager for Plan International, overseeing initiatives across in Zimbabwe. Khulekani holds a Master’s degree in Public Management from the National University of Science and Technology and a BSc Honors degree in Land and Water Resources Management and Agriculture from Midlands State University. His expertise includes proposal writing and resource mobilization, with significant experience working with youth-led organizations (YOLO) and youth networks in Zimbabwe. As a consortium Project Manager, he has supported grassroots youth-led organizations, helping them become equal partners in projects. His work has also involved mentoring disabled persons associations in resource mobilization. Khulekani has effectively managed multi-million-dollar programs and collaborated with major donors, including DANIDA, NORAD and other donor agents. His areas of expertise encompass community development, livelihoods, food security, and water and sanitation, making him a valuable asset for youth-led organizations seeking funding. In his recent roles, he served as Humanitarian Program Coordinator at Caritas Zimbabwe and as a Regional Resource Mobilization Officer Mentor for SAFOD, focusing on proposal development and donor engagement. Additionally, as a Partnership and Civil Society Specialist for an INGO based in Zimbabwe, he led partnership strategies and enhanced staff capacity in proposal writing and youth-led initiatives. Khulekani is dedicated to empowering youth-led organizations through training workshops, helping them secure funding and achieve sustainable development.

Since 2018, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative - BIOFIN has helped catalyse over US$1.6 billion in more than 40 countries.

Today, with support from the Global Environment Facility, the BIOFIN methodology has expanded to over 130 countries. It helps governments assess biodiversity finance needs, identify spending inefficiencies, and design sustainable finance solutions.

A new online course on Biodiversity Finance offers a practical introduction to this approach. Open to all, it equips participants to integrate biodiversity into national planning, policy, and finance.

Dates: 22 September – 31 October

Award: UNDP Certificate | EN, FR, SP, RU

Register now: https://bit.ly/BIOFIN_course

Learning for Nature UNDP Africa United Nations Development Programme - UNDP

‼️‼️ Opportunity for Online Training‼️

Attention all youth-led initiatives leaders and youth leaders. Are you looking to improve your skills in concept note and proposal writing for youth activities? Do you want to learn how you can mobilise resources for your community initiatives?

Then apply to this online training opportunity:

YouthConnekt Malawi online training for Youth led initiatives on concept note and funding proposal development Event Timing: TBA September/October, 2025 Mode: Online/ Hybrid Contact us at [email protected]

‼️‼️Opportunity‼️

Please apply!! To illustrate the wide range of entrepreneurs who stand to benefit:

• An architecture graduate who, after completing university, has been informally offering house design services to earn a living. Through this rapid incubation opportunity, such a graduate could transition from ad-hoc work to building a sustainable and formal architectural services firm — supported by mentorship, business coaching, and visibility to the Zantchito Financing Facility-Standard Bank Malawi Plc.
• A TEVET plumbing graduate who has been informally plying their trade but envisions creating a digital platform that connects plumbers within a community to potential home repair and installation jobs. With incubation support, they could scale from informal gig work into a structured service company, improving market access for themselves and peers while providing reliable plumbing services across wider areas. (and many more ideas and businesses)

Kindly note that applications for Ryberg Starck close on 3rd September 2025

Designers Innovators Program (DIP)