The Panda Event 2023; Digital Skills for Transformed Business
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 […]
Celebrating Two Years of Panda Digital: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs through E-Learning
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, […]
ADAPTING TO CHANGE IN TODAY’S MARKETPLACE
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 […]
CALL FOR DEVELOPER
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 VOL II
Unfreezing Digital Economy Volume II
COMMUNICATIONS INTERN
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. […]
PROJECT MANAGER POSITION
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 […]
PANDA DIGITAL SUCCESS STORY
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 […]
Youth Unmatched skills And Employability World
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 […]
TOR; CALL FOR CONSULTANCY TO FILM FIKIA+ PROJECT DOCUMENTARY
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 […]
FIKIA+ is Transforming the Lives of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Mwanza
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 […]
Panda Digital Rolls in Innovation Week Tanzania 2022
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 […]
LET’S CLOSE THE GAP & PUSH EACH OTHER TO GREATER HEIGHTS
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 […]
DIGIMALI REPORT LAUNCHING EVENT
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 […]
STAWI LAB AWARDS 9 MILLION TO 3 YOUTH-LED ORGANIZATIONS
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? […]
How Stawi Lab is Engendering Youth-Led Organizations toward Sustainable Growth
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 IS ENHANCING DIGITAL SKILLS FOR YOUTH AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS.
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 Movement is a Safe Space for Female Entrepreneurs to Speak Up against Sextortion
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 […]
MAADHIMISHO YA MIEZI SITA YA PANDA DIGITAL
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 […]
Panda on the Ground
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 […]
UZINDUZI WA PANDA DIGITAL
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 […]