Strategic sector 06 of 10
Skills Development & Employment
SWEEF invests in demand-led skills that lead to real work, matching training to identified employer and market needs rather than to available curricula.
What this sector is for
Training chosen from what a provider can deliver, rather than from what an employer or market will pay for, produces certificates instead of income. SWEEF starts from demand.
Skills alone still do not change earnings. Every skills intervention is designed to connect to the next stage of the pathway: an asset, a placement, a buyer or a loan.
Where this sits on the empowerment pathway
- Skills
- Enterprise
- Income
SWEEF delivers the stages together rather than in isolation. See the full model
Key intervention areas
What SWEEF does in this sector
These are the areas the Foundation is mandated and structured to work in. They describe intended activity, not delivered results.
- Technical and vocational skills training (TVET)
- Entrepreneurship and enterprise management skills
- Digital and technology skills
- Employability, work-readiness and soft skills
- Apprenticeships, internships and on-the-job learning
- Job-market linkage and placement support
- Expansion of decent employment for women
Connected sectors
This sector does not work alone
A participant supported here will usually need at least one of the following as well. SWEEF is structured to deliver across those boundaries.
Partner in this sector
Demand-led skills that lead to real work, matched to employer and market needs, not to available curricula.
SWEEF is seeking technical partners, buyers, financiers and government counterparts with a stake in this sector.