Founder/Executive Director
Description
Innovation at PICKNET PICKNET integrates innovation into all its programs to empower refugee and host community youth and women. Through the Creative Youth Hub and the Agribusiness & Green Skills Hub, we transform creative ideas into practical, income-generating solutions. Our approach combines technology, entrepreneurship, and green skills to promote sustainable livelihoods. This innovation-driven model strengthens community resilience and fosters inclusive development.
Impact
Socio-Economic Impact of the Innovation PICKNET’s innovation empowers refugee and host community youth and women with practical skills, entrepreneurship training, and access to green and creative industries. It stimulates job creation, income generation, and self-reliance through sustainable agribusiness, tailoring, ICT and digital innovation. By fostering inclusive economic growth and reducing poverty, it strengthens community resilience and social cohesion. This innovation transforms vulnerable communities into drivers of local development and sustainability.
Target Audience
The main beneficiaries of PICKNET’s innovation are refugee and host community youth and women, especially those facing unemployment and limited access to education or business opportunities. They benefit through skills training, entrepreneurship support, and innovation incubation offered by the Creative Youth Hub and Agribusiness & Green Skills Hub. Local artisans, small-scale farmers, and community-based entrepreneurs also gain from improved market access and sustainable livelihoods. In the long term, the entire community benefits through increased economic inclusion and social stability.
Industrial Value Chains
Partnerships
Institutional / Organizational (owned or managed by a university, company, NGO, or government agency)
Video
Innovation Details
February 1, 2022
Contact Information
BONIFACE AHISHAKIYE
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