Three IDP-led social enterprises have won awards for their ideas during a pitch event and start-up fair in Mogadishu, where they presented their business concepts to a panel of expert judges. The event was led by Mogadishu University, in partnership with the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Benadir Regional Administration, as part of RE-INTEG, a joint program working to address displacement in Mogadishu.
Ten teams pitched altogether during the event, which was the culmination of a 6-month social entrepreneurship training course for people in IDP communities, run under the RE-INTEG program. The three winning teams won a cash award for their ideas -a bakery in IDP communities, a bee farm and school selling honey, and a rug and mat business which is already up and running. It is aimed that the cash award will help them further develop their product and reach more customers.
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