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In a vibrant display of unity, determination, and innovation, the Panda Event once again brought together young women entrepreneurs from various backgrounds and occasions to acknowledge their efforts and contributions to the national economy. This exceptional platform has become a beacon of inspiration for aspiring young women business owners across Tanzania. On the 12th of May 2023,Her initiative hosted a Panda Event; Digital Skills for Transformed Business. Emphasizing on the importance of embracing technology and

During the uncertain times of the Covid-19 pandemic young women entrepreneurs faced numerous challenges, including limited access to quality education, financial constraints, language barriers, and time limitations. In April 2021 Panda Digital, the country’s first Swahili e-learning innovative platform, was established to address these obstacles head-on, opening doors to opportunities that were previously inaccessible. Bridging the gender gap between men and women in education and entrepreneurship. As we celebrate two years of its remarkable journey,

As we all know in the world of today we cannot neglect the fact that digital and information technology have become one of the most accessible tools for businesses, this has made digital entrepreneurship to be seen as a relatively available venture by most people, especially young people. Remember that young people, by virtue of being young, possess less resources and experience, but are usually extremely well versed in digital and information technology, digital entrepreneurship

Her Initiative Organization Role: Developer Location: Dar es Salaam Duration: 14 days   1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates a ‘new normal’ for girls; a world in which girls are not

Unfreezing Digital Economy Volume II

Organization: Her Initiative Role: Communications Intern Report to: Head of communications Location: Dar Es Salaam Duration: 6 months Terms of Reference (TOR) for Communication Intern at Her Initiative 1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth.

Her Initiative Organization Role: Project Manager Level: Senior Location: Dar es Salaam Duration: 12 months Terms of Reference for Project Manager at Her Initiative 1.0 ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates a “new normal” for girls—a

Her Initiative Organization   Role: Finance Intern   Location: Dar Es Salaam   Duration: 6 months   Terms of Reference (TOR) for a Finance Intern at Her Initiative   1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic

Digital skills are a critical enabler of gender digital inclusion and the equitable use, adoption, and creation of digital technologies in Africa’s expanding digital economy. Such technologies have the potential to change the nature of both formal and informal entrepreneurship. Panda Digital is Tanzania’s first Swahili E-learning platform, providing young female entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to start and run businesses in the digital economy. The platform’s goal is to help

Skills are increasingly important in the globalized world, and skills development is essential for increasing the productivity and sustainability of enterprises, as well as improving working conditions and the employability skills of youth. Employers nowadays are looking for applicants who have versatile and technical skills. For the past three years, Her Initiative has implemented a youth volunteering program to create a workforce that is skilled, dynamic, and innovative in the youth nonprofit space. Surprisingly in

ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates new norms for girls; a world in which girls are not held back from reaching their full potential, either by themselves, their families, their communities or

1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates a ' new normal' for girls; a world in which girls are not held back from reaching their full potential, either by themselves, their families,

Her Initiative Organization Location: Dar es Salaam Role: Volunteers Age: 18-35 years Terms of Reference (ToR) for Volunteers in Finance, Communications, Partnership and Resources Mobilization, and Monitoring and Evaluation Department ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes the new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania in order to achieve gender equality and inclusive

The total number of people living with HIV has increased to 33 million people globally with nearly 7,500 new infections each day. The impact of HIV/AIDS is stronger in poor households and communities. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa are 14 times more at risk of being HIV positive than boys and young men in the same age group. Her Initiative in collaboration with ICAP Columbia is implementing the FIKIA+ project in

The fruits of Panda Digital continue to ripen and benefit Tanzanian young women entrepreneurs in many ways. For the first time, on the 11th of May 2022, Her initiative team through its Panda Digital platform successfully participated in Innovation Week Tanzania, a national event that takes place annually organized by FUNGUO Innovation Program under UNDP Tanzania in partnership with COSTECH and EU in Tanzania. The workshop dubbed “Smarter Small Enterprises” aimed primarily at empowering young

  Closing the economic advancement gap among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Tanzania is our major concern as a part of society. The gap points out existing inequities that leave adolescent girls and young women at risk for HIV and other SRH issues (affecting their access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment services) and increasing their vulnerability. This includes low knowledge of comprehensive sexuality education, limited access to HIV and SRH sessions, financial

Her Initiative in collaboration with The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands has launched the report of the DigiMali project. This event was done on 24th February 2022, at Slipway Hotel Masaki. The event was honored by the attendance of Honorable Janet Betty a special sit member of parliament of Dar es salaam, Netherlands Embassy ambassador, The Executive director Lydia Charles Moyo and stakeholders from various institutions and organizations. DigiMali (Digitali na Mjasiriamali) is a

Cheers! It’s time to celebrate the fruits of the Stawi Lab Program. Four months ago, different youth-led organizations shared a common ground, that is “Frustration.” They were frustrated with questions such as how they can afford skilled staff to carry out their interventions with success? Where they will get the funds to support their work after being trained and mentored by different development actors? Where they will be capacitated on how to strengthen their organizations?

HER INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION Role: Partnership and Resource Mobilization Officer Location: Dar es Salaam Duration: 7 months Terms of reference for Partnership & Resource Mobilization Officer at Her Initiative 1.0 ABOUT HER INITIATIVE HER INITIATIVE is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania, to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative

Over 1293 brick-and-mortar businesses have been digitized. DIGIMALI has caused a major shift in online business operations in Tanzania, where 100 MSMEs were directly impacted by the project through a series of training and mentorship program for 8 weeks. DIGIMALI has trained 100 online businesses on how to start and manage businesses online using digital tools through a training program that has impacted 2405 youth and women-led micro-businesses. The program was designed to enhance their

1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates a new normal for girls; a world in which girls are not held back from reaching their full potential, either by themselves, their families, their

On 1st October 2021, Her Initiative in partnership with TWAA launched a program dubbed Stawi Lab focusing on strengthening youth-led organizations working on girls and women’s rights. Stawi is a Swahili word that literally means ‘grow or sprout’ – the program aims at building and improving youth-led organizations structures, systems, and access to enough resources that will enhance and advance their work on girls and women rights Stawi Lab delivers on its objectives through strategies

DIGIMALI stands for “Digital and Mjasiriamali”. DIGIMALI project is organized and implemented by Her Initiative in partnership with The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to enhance digital skills to youth and women entrepreneurs for self-employment and entrepreneurship. The project aims to address youth and women unemployment by training 100 young entrepreneurs across Tanzania on how to start and manage businesses online using digital tools through a training program that will impact 2,400 micro

Panda Digital Movement is a project that aims to create a platform for young women entrepreneurs to explore knowledge, share skills, and resources pertaining to their business activities. The movement also intends to stimulate debate and conversations around issues that affect prospects for their business growth such as sextortion, business formalization, and mobilizing capital. Youth unemployment continues to rise in our country and the world at large and this has led young women to encounter

Her Initiative Organization Role: Monitoring and Evaluation officer Location: Dar es Salaam Duration: 10 months Terms of Reference for Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at Her Initiative 1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative

1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to achieve gender equality and inclusive economic growth. Her Initiative creates a ' new normal' for girls; a world in which girls are not held back from reaching their full potential, either by themselves, their families,

Ni shangwe na vifijo katika kuadhimisha miezi sita ya panda digital, tuna furahia matokeo mengi chanya yaliyo tokana na Jukwaa hili. Kwa hakika Tanzania ya kidigitali inawezekana kama moja ya njia ya kutatua changamoto wanazo kumbana nazo wanawake wajasiriamali katika karne hii ya 21. Panda digital imetatua changamoto ya ukosefu wa taarifa za fursa za mikopo, ruzuku na tuzo kwa wasichana wajasiriamali. Pia Panda Digital inatatua tatizo la ukosefu wa ajira kwa wasichana kwa kuwapa

12/10/2021 PRESS RELEASE TWAA & HER INITIATIVE HAS LAUNCHED THE STAWI LAB PROGRAM THAT AIMS AT STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF YOUTH LED ORGANIZATIONS. 12th OCTOBER, 2021 Dar es Salaam TWAA in partnership with Her Initiative organization has launched the Stawi Lab project that focuses on supporting youth-led organizations that work at addressing girls and women’s rights by providing direct resources including Mini-Grants that will help them in carrying out their activities, but also 8 weeks

CALL FOR CONSULTANCY TO FILM TRAINING ON BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS MANUAL   1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative started in 2012 and was previously known as Teen Girls’ Supportive Initiative. A group of 3 high school students decided to take a lead in addressing issues that affected them and most girls. Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial

1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE Her Initiative started in 2012 and was previously known as Teen Girls’ Supportive Initiative. A group of 3 high school students decided to take a lead in addressing issues that affected them and most girls. Her Initiative is an organization that reframes the value of girls and shapes new norms that break the cycle of poverty and create financial resilience among adolescent girls and young women and girls in Tanzania to

Her Initiative organizationRole : Finance officerLocation: Dar es salaamDuration : 10 monthsTerms of Reference (TOR) for a finance officer at Her Initiative1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVEHER INITIATIVE is an initiative that strives to reframe the value of girls, shape the new norms that break poverty, and create financial resilience among girls and young women in Tanzania. This includes advocating for girls’ economic rights. Her initiative works with girls aged 13 to 35 both in school and

Panda is a word which means planting a seed of financial independence to young women and girls. Panda program is a deliberate effort organized and implemented by the Her Initiative organization to help young women generate income by providing them with knowledge, skills and resources to start and run their own businesses. Panda on the Ground is a hybrid of training, mentorship and creating linkages between young women and stakeholders who can provide funds, capital

Her Initiative kwa kushirikiana na Serengeti bytes imezindua jukwaa la kiswahili la kidigitali linaloitwa Panda Digital leo tarehe 27 Aprili 2021. Uzinduzi huu ulifanyika kwa kutumia mkutano na waandishi wa habari pamoja na wadau mbalimbali wa maendeleo.Panda Digital ni jukwaa la kwanza la kiswahili lenye lengo lakuwapatia wasichana na wanawake vijana wajasiriamali ujuzi ma rasilimali za kuanza na kuendesha biashara katika uchumi wa digitali.Panda Digital inakusudia kuwezesha wanawake wajasiriamali kujifunza stadi ambazo zinaweza kuwasaidia kujitegemea

Her Initiative Organization Location: Dar es Salaam Role: Volunteers Terms of Reference (ToR) for Volunteers with Experience in Finance and Accounting. Communication, Programs and project management, Partnership and resources mobilization and Monitoring and evaluation ABOUT HER INITIATIVE HER INITIATIVE is an initiative that strives to reframe the value of girls, shape the new norms that break poverty, and create financial resilience among girls and young women in Tanzania. This includes advocating for girls’ economic rights. 

Her Initiative Organization Dar es Salaam Organizational strategy Consultancy TSH Confidential Terms of Reference (ToR) for Consultancy to develop a 3-Year organizational Strategy at Her Initiative. 1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE HER INITIATIVE is an initiative that strives to reframe the value of girls, shape the new norms that break poverty, and create financial resilience among girls and young women in Tanzania. This includes advocating for girls’ economic rights. Her initiative works with girls aged between

Her Initiative is extremely excited to be part of unleashing potentials of 200 young women entrepreneurs under the age of 30. These young women entrepreneurs were located from Mwanza, Dodoma, Dar es salaam, Tabora, Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Singida, Mbeya, Lindi, Mtwara, Moshi, Arusha, and Morogoro. Wivina Sylidion, Beneficiary of Ninaimarika program. In its progress of turning into reality the organization slogan of A Girl Who Is Financial Independent is self-assured, Her Initiative was able to conduct

Her Initiative Organization Dar es Salaam Internship TSh Confidential Terms of Reference (ToR) for Partnership and Resource Mobilization Intern at Her Initiative. 1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE HER INITIATIVE is an initiative that strives to reframe the value of girls, shape the new norms that break poverty and create financial resilience among girls and young women in Tanzania. This includes advocating for girls’ economic rights. Her initiative works with girls aged between 13 to 30 both

1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE HER INITIATIVE is an initiative that strives to reframe the value of girls, shape the new norms that break poverty and create financial resilience among girls and young women in Tanzania. This includes advocating for girls’ economic rights. Her initiative works with girls aged between 13 to 30 both in school and out of school. Her initiative is a registered organization with a registration number 00NGO/08687. Her Initiative creates a ‘new

Terms of Reference (ToR) for Consultancy Service to produce a Situational Report on the Effects of Covid-19 to Women in Small Scale Business. 1.0. ABOUT HER INITIATIVE HER INITIATIVE is an initiative that strives to reframe the value of girls, shape the new norms that break poverty and create financial resilience among girls and young women in Tanzania. This includes advocating for girls’ economic rights. Her initiative works with girls aged between 13 to 26