Title of the action: |
Provision of Machinery and Support for the Development of SMEs Footwear Clusters in Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia |
Location(s) of the action: - |
Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia |
Total duration of the action |
36 months |
Amount of the Project |
US$ 400,000 |
Objectives of the action |
Project Goal(s) Contribute to the development of Incubation and Clustering Service Centers in selected COMESA Member States. Specific Objectives of the intervention are to: · Improve SMEs accessibility to suitable machinery and equipment; · Enhance SMEs labor productivity from 4.6 pairs to 8 pairs per day by 2017; · Promote joint production by SMEs in order to meet minimum order quantities of institutional Private and Public Sectors. |
Target group(s)[1] |
250 SMEs who are involved in the production of footwear and leather products operating in open markets in Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, which have been organized into Clusters. |
Final beneficiaries[2] |
· SMEs · The National economies of target countries |
Estimated results |
· Increased labor productivity from 4.6 pairs to 8 pairs per person; · A rise in total footwear output of the 250 SMEs from 1,150,000 to 5,600,000 pairs per annum in three years; · Growth in total revenue of the targeted SMEs from €17 million to €105 million after 3 years; · 3,125 jobs created after three years from the current figure of 1,250 jobs |