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PADEJ-MR Rural Youth Incubator — Burkina Faso's AfDB-Backed Entrepreneurship Programme

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 89% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank launched the third phase of a €13.62m rural incubator (PADEJ-MR) in July 2025, giving 65 young entrepreneurs across four regions coaching, business-plan support and access to start-up funding.

13.62 EUR million
Total project cost
12.25 EUR million
AfDB grant
65
Young entrepreneurs supported (phase 3)
PADEJ-MR Rural Youth Incubator — Burkina Faso's AfDB-Backed Entrepreneurship Programme

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Government of Burkina Faso / African Development Bank (AfDB)
Period
2025 (phase 3 launch; multi-year project)
Keywords
rural entrepreneurship, youth employment, business incubation, agribusiness

Context

On 15 July 2025 Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank launched the third phase of PADEJ-MR, a rural youth-employment incubator project costing €13.62 million.

Activities

A multisector incubator mechanism supports 65 young entrepreneurs across four rural regions with technical support, financial-management training, coaching and business-plan development.

Results

Participants can qualify for start-up funding spanning sectors such as agro-processing and rural services.

Conclusions

Because this is a newly launched phase, no independent evaluation of business survival, income change or job creation has yet been published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
incubator coaches, financial-management trainers

Conditions for success

  • multisector incubator mechanism across four rural regions

Common failure modes

  • newly launched - no independent evaluation yet
  • security-constrained rural setting

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