▸ Project eMadya

Free business training built for mothers at work

eMadya bridges the gap between grassroots skill and sustainable income — pairing certified training with financial linkage and real market connections for home-based entrepreneurs.

From first skill to first sale — the complete chain

— How eMadya works

Free Business Training

Technical Trades and Financial Linkage

Market Access

No fees, no barriers. Certified business fundamentals delivered to mothers and home-based entrepreneurs who cannot access fee-based programs.

Hands-on training in home-based trades — sewing, food processing, craft production — paired directly with savings groups and credit access pathways.

Connecting graduates to buyers, cooperatives, and digital channels so the business model works beyond the training room — and the results are documented.

Environmental portrait of a woman at work in her home-based tailoring business — hands guiding fabric through a sewing machine, natural light falling across the worktable from a side window, bolts of colourful cloth stacked on a shelf behind her, eye-level framing showing her concentration and the tools of her trade
Environmental portrait of a woman at work in her home-based tailoring business — hands guiding fabric through a sewing machine, natural light falling across the worktable from a side window, bolts of colourful cloth stacked on a shelf behind her, eye-level framing showing her concentration and the tools of her trade
/ Participant account

The work that compounds across a household

Before eMadya, I kept no records and had no savings plan. Six months after training, my daughter started helping me with the accounts. She now wants to open her own unit.

Amina T., eMadya graduate — Addis Ababa cohort. Home-based tailoring business, active since program completion.

Ready to enrol or bring eMadya to your community?

Whether you are a woman seeking a place in the next cohort or a development partner looking to fund or co-deliver the program, the next step is the same.