Success stories from Phase 1 Endline Evaluation conducted by Evidence for Change (E4C) Solutions

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The Government of Malawi (GoM) with support from the World Bank through the Public Private PArtnership Commission (PPPC) implemented the Digital Malawi Project (DIGMAP) from 2021 to 2024.

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00:22 My name is Yase Chawga.

00:24 I'm an entrepreneur,

00:26 a digital skills trainer,

00:28 and of course,

00:29 an aspiring ward counselor for Mzu Chiputlawengu ward.

00:34 As an entrepreneur,

00:35 I run a,

00:35 a digital marketing business agency

00:38 and,

00:39 uh,

00:39 where I offer,

00:40 I provide digital skills

00:42 to various people,

00:44 employers,

00:44 students,

00:45 and of course,

00:46 business,

00:46 um,

00:47 people.

00:51 I was privileged to be invited at Mzuzu in hub Ehub to do their training

00:57 in end user computing as well as,

00:59 uh,

00:59 programming.

01:00 So while I was there,

01:02 that's when I was presented with this opportunity to go and pitch

01:05 any business idea that I had had at that particular time.

01:08 So I took it as an opportunity

01:10 and then I was,

01:11 uh,

01:12 given some more mentorship,

01:14 uh,

01:14 sessions

01:15 where we are taught,

01:16 uh,

01:16 how.

01:16 Do bookkeeping and also how to pitch our businesses,

01:20 how to manage the resources that we are going to get,

01:23 as well as other

01:25 entrepreneurship skills.

01:27 So I tried to pitch my business and

01:31 they haven't actually smiled on me.

01:33 So I happened to win that was 2.1 million.

01:37 It gave me as a startup capital

01:39 to embark on this journey.

01:43 After getting this training,

01:45 they,

01:45 as they are able to apply them into their

01:48 various,

01:48 uh,

01:49 working,

01:49 uh,

01:49 functions across the employment sector.

01:53 As for businesses,

01:55 they,

01:55 uh,

01:56 in terms of marketing,

01:57 they are able to use a social media platform to market their businesses.

02:01 And this,

02:01 at the end of the day,

02:02 accelerates their sales,

02:04 as well as they are able to,

02:06 um,

02:06 earn some profits

02:08 after selling items online.

02:11 As for students,

02:12 they are able to use these,

02:13 uh,

02:13 digital skills into the,

02:15 um,

02:15 um,

02:16 education sector,

02:17 where they're able to type,

02:18 write assignments.

02:20 Before venturing into this business,

02:22 I was an employee,

02:23 but then

02:24 as I was working,

02:25 I was facing,

02:26 uh,

02:26 challenges in terms of finances.

02:29 You know,

02:29 when you get employed,

02:31 you wait,

02:32 you wait for months,

02:33 and then you get

02:34 something that is so small,

02:35 it can't even,

02:36 uh,

02:36 accommodate.

02:37 You and meet with your basic needs.

02:39 So that's how I found myself here.

02:42 And as I'm running this business,

02:43 my interest has grown to the extent that now I

02:46 want to contest as a ward councilor after being consulted by

02:50 a few individuals.

02:52 So this whole essence of all this is just to

02:55 change the lives of people who are in my community.

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My name is Yase Chawga. I'm an entrepreneur, a digital skills trainer, and of course, an aspiring ward counselor for Mzu Chiputlawengu ward. As an entrepreneur, I run a, a digital marketing business agency and, uh, where I offer, I provide digital skills to various people, employers, students, and of course, business, um, people. I was privileged to be invited at Mzuzu in hub Ehub to do their training in end user computing as well as, uh, programming. So while I was there, that's when I was presented with this opportunity to go and pitch any business idea that I had had at that particular time. So I took it as an opportunity and then I was, uh, given some more mentorship, uh, sessions where we are taught, uh, how. Do bookkeeping and also how to pitch our businesses, how to manage the resources that we are going to get, as well as other entrepreneurship skills. So I tried to pitch my business and they haven't actually smiled on me. So I happened to win that was 2.1 million. It gave me as a startup capital to embark on this journey. After getting this training, they, as they are able to apply them into their various, uh, working, uh, functions across the employment sector. As for businesses, they, uh, in terms of marketing, they are able to use a social media platform to market their businesses. And this, at the end of the day, accelerates their sales, as well as they are able to, um, earn some profits after selling items online. As for students, they are able to use these, uh, digital skills into the, um, um, education sector, where they're able to type, write assignments. Before venturing into this business, I was an employee, but then as I was working, I was facing, uh, challenges in terms of finances. You know, when you get employed, you wait, you wait for months, and then you get something that is so small, it can't even, uh, accommodate. You and meet with your basic needs. So that's how I found myself here. And as I'm running this business, my interest has grown to the extent that now I want to contest as a ward councilor after being consulted by a few individuals. So this whole essence of all this is just to change the lives of people who are in my community.

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