Enterprising Women: A Decade of Learning from Ethiopia’s Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP)

This report examines the impact and lessons learned from WEDP, a program that has been providing finance and business training to growth-oriented urban women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia since 2012. The project aims to boost business earnings and employment in women-owned firms. WEDP offers a unique approach by combining access to finance through microfinance institutions with business training and other support services. The report likely analyzes the program's effectiveness in improving women's entrepreneurship outcomes, such as business growth, job creation, and income generation. It may also discuss challenges faced, successful strategies employed, and recommendations for future women's entrepreneurship development initiatives based on a decade of implementation experience in Ethiopia.