Our Intended Results
Stronger and More Competitive Enterprises: Improved business performance, governance, financial management and long-term enterprise sustainability.
Improved Access to Markets, Finance & Investment: Stronger market relationships, business partnerships and increased access to financial and investment opportunities.
Inclusive Income & Employment Growth: Increased incomes, employment and enterprise opportunities for women, youth, persons with disabilities and underserved groups.
- Stronger Cooperatives & Locally Owned Enterprises: More capable cooperatives, farmer organizations and community enterprises able to sustain growth beyond project support.
Pillar 2: Business Development Services (BDS) & Enterprise Growth
IHU provides comprehensive Business Development Services (BDS) that strengthen the performance, competitiveness, sustainability and growth of enterprises, cooperatives, farmer organizations and community institutions.
We work with MSMEs, agripreneurs, producer organizations, women-led enterprises, youth enterprises, persons with disabilities and other underserved entrepreneurs to improve business performance, strengthen organizational systems, access finance and investment, connect to markets and create sustainable employment and income opportunities.
Our approach combines enterprise diagnostics, advisory services, coaching, mentorship, agribusiness development, financial inclusion, market systems development and institutional capacity strengthening.
Our Key Interventions
Business Development Services (BDS) & Enterprise Growth: Provide enterprise diagnostics, business advisory, planning, coaching, mentorship, incubation and acceleration to strengthen business performance and sustainable growth.
- Financial Inclusion & Investment Readiness: Strengthen financial literacy, bookkeeping, financial management, business formalization and readiness to access finance and investment opportunities.
- Market Systems, Value Addition & Enterprise Competitiveness: Facilitate market linkages, buyer–seller engagement, business partnerships, value addition and market-oriented enterprise development.
- Cooperative, Institutional & Inclusive Enterprise Development: Strengthen governance, leadership and organizational capacity of cooperatives, producer organizations and enterprises while expanding opportunities for women, youth, persons with disabilities and underserved groups.
