Our work
HerNext develops practical, evidence-driven interventions that address barriers to economic opportunity.
We work across enterprise, skills, agriculture, markets, finance, innovation and partnerships — connecting people and institutions to the resources, capabilities and opportunities they need to create sustainable economic outcomes.
What we do
Our work is organised around six interconnected areas, connecting people and institutions to the resources, capabilities and opportunities they need to create sustainable economic outcomes.
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Building stronger enterprises and sustainable livelihoods.
We support women, entrepreneurs and communities to strengthen enterprises and build sustainable livelihoods. Our work focuses on business capability, productivity, technical support, enterprise development, access to productive resources and pathways for sustainable growth.
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Connecting enterprise to opportunity.
Having a good product or service is only part of the journey. Sustainable growth requires access to customers, buyers, markets and the right commercial relationships. HerNext helps connect producers and entrepreneurs to domestic, regional and international market opportunities.
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Turning financial access into growth.
Access to appropriate finance can determine whether an enterprise survives, grows or remains constrained. HerNext works to strengthen financial capability, investment readiness and connections to appropriate financing and investment opportunities.
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Building the capabilities that create opportunity.
Skills become transformative when they lead to practical economic opportunity. HerNext supports practical technical, vocational, digital, entrepreneurial and leadership capabilities that help women and young people participate more meaningfully in the economy.
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Using innovation to build resilient futures.
Technology and innovation can improve productivity, access, efficiency and resilience when they are applied to real needs. HerNext works with partners to explore appropriate technologies, innovative approaches and sustainable practices that create long-term economic value.
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Bringing the right people together.
Complex economic challenges cannot be solved by one organisation alone. HerNext builds partnerships across business, government, finance, academia, research, technical expertise, development and communities to bring complementary capabilities together around practical challenges.
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Our model
Skills without opportunity can remain unused. Finance without capability can create risk. Products without markets cannot grow. Innovation without adoption cannot create impact. HerNext therefore works across interconnected parts of the economic ecosystem — bringing together skills, enterprise, markets, finance, technology and partnerships around real needs.
How we work
We begin with the challenge, not the solution. We listen, gather evidence, identify gaps and design practical interventions with the right partners. We then implement, measure what changes and use what we learn to improve and scale what works.
Our programmes
Our programmes translate HerNext’s areas of work into practical interventions designed around specific economic needs and opportunities.
Strengthening women-led enterprises, livelihoods, business capability, productivity and growth.
Building practical skills and pathways from learning to employment, entrepreneurship and economic participation.
Connecting TVET institutions, industry experts and employers to practical skills, enterprise and opportunity pathways.
Supporting smallholder farmers with practical knowledge, productive systems, organisation, markets and climate-resilient livelihoods.
Developing quality animal nutrition alongside farmer capacity building, organisation and market systems.
Connecting women entrepreneurs, producers and enterprises to buyers, trade missions, exhibitions, B2B opportunities and new markets.
Current opportunities
HerNext periodically opens programmes, partnerships, trade opportunities, calls for participation and other initiatives aligned with our mission. Only opportunities that are currently active and accepting applications appear here.
No opportunity is open at the moment. Our initiatives are in development, and we do not list a programme here until it is genuinely accepting applications.
Register your interest and we will contact you as opportunities open. HerNext never charges a fee to register or to take part.
Partner with HerNext
Whether you are a business, funder, government institution, training organisation, technical expert, market actor or community organisation, HerNext welcomes opportunities to collaborate.
