Zimbabwe - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

This project is an initiative to transform the lives of tertiary students who are facing financial challenges and are on the verge of deferring. It also aims to help the students to be innovative and takeinnovative action to challenges being faced in com

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Tertiary students in Zimbabwe face a lot of financial challenges which leads them to deferring and others prompt to prostitution or illegal dealings in order to settle their tertiary finances. Some students have lost their lives during the course of fending for their tertiary expenses. Due to these problems, the Tertiary Students Empowerment Association was established to bridge the financial gap to all tertiary students in Zimbabwe that is Universities and Polytechnique’s. The association aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4 of quality education for all, SDG 8 of decent work and economic growth, Sustainable Development Goal 9 of Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Goal 11 of Sustainable cities and communities. TSEA seeks to empower students through awareness campaigns, workshops and providing capital to start small business and income generating projects.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Tertiary students in Zimbabwe face a lot of financial challenges which leads them to deferring and others prompt to prostitution or illegal dealings in order to settle their tertiary finances. This project aims to bridge the finacial challenge gap

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

The major benefits of this association is to, empower tertiary students with innovative entrepreneurship ideas, promote financial literacy among tertiary student, promote financial independence of tertiary students, produce graduates who are able to fulfill Sustainable Development Goal 8, Sustainable Development Goal 9 and Sustainable Development Goal and raise awareness of the effects of deferring and prostitution

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

The targeted beneficiaries for this initiatives are tertiary students in Zimbabwe especially in Universities and Poly techbiques. These are the people who are mostly affected by the challenges mentioned above. The initiative will also be targeting the community at large as innovative ideas that will be brought into light by these tertiary students will be there to make a social impact in the communities.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-04-02

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

0

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

no partners as of yet

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Social Innovation and community development

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Having the startup will enable the implementation of the project and this will help student not to deffer and by not deffering they will be able to achieve the educational goals and bring a change in the community. Also, through the Tertiary Students Empowerment Association students will be giving innovative solutions to community problems in order to end poverty

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

4

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

4

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

6

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

The project will be catering for both genders that is the male and females, no one will be excluded from the association.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

3

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Through Tertiary Students Empowerment Association, students will get a chance to proceed with their studies and be able to graduate in order to find and create decent jobs. Also, while having an opportunity to start initiatives which will lead to economic growth a

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Tertiary Students Empowerment Association, seeks to create an environment where tertiary students can come up with innovative solutions to community problems so that they can rebuilt the industries in Zimbabwe in an innovative manner

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

5

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

5

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

4

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

6

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

4

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

6

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

3

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

6

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

6

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

5

05.08 Justification

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

What makes this project stand out is its ability to allow students from diversity background to take part

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

yes, we do recycling projects