Mission
To foster economic stability at the grassroots through enterprise development and innovation.
Vision
To create economic stability for every community in Africa. We believe every human and society have the capacity to do more if nurtured and empowered.
Goal
Our long-term goal is to promote shared prosperity amongst women and youth in underserved communities by supporting 3 million people out of poverty by 2025.
Our Core Work
Technical, Vocational & Educational Training.
Sustainable Development Goals & Greening.
Digital Transformation & Inclusion.
Youth and Private Sector Engagement.
ABOUT US
Enterprise, Growth, and Opportunities (EGO) Foundation is a non-for-profit social development organisation set up with the aim to design and execute projects that will help reduce poverty and unemployment in Africa. The organisation was founded in 2018 and since then has continously seek to influence the redistribution of wealth by closing the poverty gap through enterprise development, technology education, skill development, and collaborations with a major focus on WOMEN and YOUTH.
OUR PROGRAMS
Ghetto Tech Star (GTS)
EGO Foundation, in partnership with Access Bank, launched the Ghetto Tech Star Project in Ajegunle in January 2023. The project empowered youth with in-demand skills - Websites and graphic design. It reached over 3,000 people in and around Ajegunle within three months through EGO's training the trainer's model.
Women Traditional Textile Design (WTTD)
The WTTD project was designed to equip young women (18-40) with the art of textile design production and fashion design with the view to bridging the economic inequality gap, promoting cultural heritage, reducing poverty, fostering self-sufficiency and increasing women's industry participation in Lagos and it environ.
She-Enabled
This is a financial and digital inclusion project that amplifies the input and output of women and girls in business. The project aims to help the participants improve their trade, showcase their businesses on digital platforms, upgrade their business book-keeping skill and at the same time connect them to business advisors and global funding opportunities. The communities we have covered in the past editions are in Alimosho L.G.A and Iganmu Lagos.
WorkSkills
Employability and entrepreneurship skills are significant for undergraduates and fresh graduates to stay find relevance after school and in the workforce. This program was designed to equip 5,000 students and recent graduates across three South-Western States in Nigeria (Lagos, Oyo and Ogun) with workplace readiness skills and basic digital skills.
OUR INITIATIVES
BoxIT
One of our core values is to uplift underserved communities across Nigeria and onward to Africa. This is why we organise a funfair every Christmas for children within underprivileged communities in Lagos. We showcase the fun and excitement enjoyed by children in privileged communities and give each child gifts that are wrapped in boxes. The communities that have been reached in the past four years are Amukoko, Ijora – Badia, Olodi Apapa, Orile Iganmu with 3,560 children impacted.
The EI Hub
this is our inaugural Enterprise and Innovation lab located in Ilorin, Kwara State. It employs a broad range of tools and methods to experiment and develop solutions and simultaneously apply methodologies such as design thinking, idea management processes, open innovation, crowdsourcing, and human-centric design. These tactics help the community ideate, guide discussions, and prototype.
