Resources
High quality learning material played a critical role in TNE’s mission to guide young people toward decent work or entrepreneurship. Leveraging active learning, inclusive design, and digital innovation, TNE’s program equipped youth with essential and technical skills to realize their career goals. Discover and dive into our curriculum, resources and tools here.
TNE Program
Participants embarked on a six-month guided learning journey supported by trainers, coaches and peers. Following a core life skills training, participants chose paths towards employability or entrepreneurship.
For each session, an overall outcome and specific learning objective oriented the trainers, along with adaptation guidelines for specific needs, context and timeframes. Training methodology included interactive discussions, practical exercises, games, videos, individual reflective reflections and collaborative group projects.
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Unlock the potential of young entrepreneurs and job seekers with TNE’s curated learning resources. Built on extensive program experience, these resources offer a blend of active learning techniques, gender-sensitive approaches, and practical tools.
Ideal for trainers and organizations, our materials are a springboard for creating impactful economic empowerment programs tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of youth across Africa.
These resources are openly shared with the intention of supporting further learning in the youth employability and entrepreneurship space. Please share it widely!
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Core Life Skills: Session 1
Session 1 aims to introduce Life Skills, build participant connections, explore the curriculum and set expcectations for professional growth.
English
Core Life Skills: Session 2
To further explore their own traits and skills as well as motivating factors in their lives.
English
Core Life Skills: Season 3
To gain helpful information, inspiration and insight from professionals who are guest speakers.
English
Core Life Skills: Season 4
To learn how to identify steps to achieving realistic goals
English
Core Life Skills: Season 5
This session fosters critical thinking for solution design, prioritizing problem understanding over quick solutions.
English
Core Life Skills: Season 6
The session focuses on communication skills primarily as a means to cultivating assertive behavior.
English
Core Life Skills: Season 7
Participants choose enterprise or employment with tools for informed decisions, involving community member interviews.
English
Core Life Skills: Season 8
Boost confidence for effective pitching and self-presentation in a workforce setting.
English
Core Life Skills: Session 10
Promote critical thinking, conflict resolution and workplace equity
English
Core Life Skills: Session 11
Identify financial goal-setting and learn income management
English
Core Life Skills: Session 1
Session 1 aims to introduce Life Skills, build participant connections, explore the curriculum and set expcectations for professional growth.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 2
To further explore their own traits and skills as well as motivating factors in their lives.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 3
To gain helpful information, inspiration and insight from professionals who are guest speakers.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 4
To learn how to identify steps to achieving realistic goals.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 5
This session fosters critical thinking for solution design, prioritizing problem understanding over quick solutions.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 6
The session focuses on communication skills primarily as a means to cultivating assertive behaviour.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 7
Participants choose enterprise or employment with tools for informed decisions, involving community member interviews.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 8
Boost confidence for effective pitching and self-presentation in a workforce setting.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 10
Promote critical thinking, conflict resolution and workplace equity.
French
Core Life Skills: Session 11
Identify financial goal-setting and learn income management.
French
Employability: Session 3
You can choose relevant criteria to assess your ideal job.
English
Employability: Session 5
Participants will discover more about where and how to find suitable jobs and internships.
English
Employability: Session 7
Gain a deeper understanding of the different facets of communication and across multiple contexts.
English
Employability: Session 8
Understand CV components and prepare a final version for next session.
English
Employability: Session 9
Build participant confidence in knowing what to expect and how to be successful at an interview.
English
Employability: Session 10
Enhance participants’ personal and work-life efficiency for job readiness and workplace success.
English
Employability: Session 11
Preparing for the future by anticipating challenges and experimenting with solutions.
English
Employability: Session 12
Understand both employee and employer rights and responsibilities.
English
Employability: Session 5
Participants will discover more about where and how to find suitable jobs and internships.
French
Employability: Session 7
Gain a deeper understanding of the different facets of communication and across multiple contexts.
French
Employability: Session 8
Understand CV components and prepare a final version for next session.
French
Employability: Session 9
Build participant confidence in knowing what to expect and how to be successful at an interview.
French
Employability: Session 10
Enhance participants’ personal and work-life efficiency for job readiness and workplace success.
French
Employability: Session 11
Preparing for the future by anticipating challenges and experimenting with solutions.
French
Employability: Session 12
Understand both employee and employer rights and responsibilities.
French
Entrepreneurship: Session 1
Get familiar with the content of the program and understand what to expect from starting a business
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 2
How to develop your business idea further and how to give and receive feedback.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 4
The importance of understanding your market and knowing your competition.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 5
Participants will learn about the Business Model Canvas and how to use it.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 6
Participants will learn which activities they will undertake with their business and what resources they need for this.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 8.1
Discover essential tools and skills for a strong business financial model, covering budgeting, cost analysis, and cash flow.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 8.2
Explore funding sources, including loans and interest rates, for financing your new business.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 10
Learn about the laws and rules that apply when starting a business.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 11
Review, clarify concepts, complete projects, and plan the next program phase.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 12
Learn how to pitch your business idea in front of a jury.
English
Entrepreneurship: Session 13
Understand what some professionals think about your business idea. Program Wrap Up and ceremony.
English
Entrepreneurship: Trainer Guide
This trainer guide will explain to you the changes made to The Next Economy, Core Life Skills & Employability curriculums.
English
Entrepreneurship: Guide du formateur
This trainer’s guide explains the changes to the New Economy, Essential Life Skills and Employability programs.
French
Entrepreneurship: Session 2
How to develop your business idea further and how to give and receive feedback.
French
Entrepreneurship: Session 4
The importance of understanding your market and knowing your competition.
French
Entrepreneurship: Session 5
Participants will learn about the Business Model Canvas and how to use it.
French
Entrepreneurship: Session 6
Participants will learn which activities they will undertake with their business and what resources they need for this.
French
Entrepreneurship: Session 8
Discover essential tools and skills for a strong business financial model, covering budgeting, cost analysis, and cash flow.
French
Incubation: Module 1 - Welcome and Self Discovery
Getting to know The Next Economy, introducing yourself and your business and gaining a deeper understanding of who you are.
English
Incubation: Module 2- Fall In Love With The Problem
Understanding the theory of Lean Canvas and why we use it. Making use of the Lean Canvas theory to define your product and uniqueness.
English
Incubation: Module 3 - Customer Journey
Turn your insights on the problem, your customers and the market, into the journey your customer will travel.
English
Incubation: Module 4- Lean Canvas
Use Lean Canvas to refine your business model and structure.
English
Incubation: Module 5- Financial Basics
In this lesson you will learn the basics on start-up finance and receive tools to set up your own financial administration.
English
Incubation: Module 6- Financial Marketing
In this lesson you will learn about the most important variables and metrics for start-ups and how they work in a financial model.
English
Incubation: Module 7- Negotiation
In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of negotiation, and become aware of how it is relevant to your business and beyond.
English
Incubation: Module 8 - Market Testing
To be able to advance your concept and prototype by testing it in the market
English
Incubation: Module 9 - Marketing and Sales
Learn about the right type of marketing and who you can sell to.
English
Incubation: Module 10 - How To Build My Team
Learn about why it is important to pay attention to the team you have and analyse the people in your team in an effective way.
English
Incubation: Module 11- Financial Planning and Investment
In this lesson we look towards the future – what are your financial goals and plans and how does investment come into that picture.
English
Incubation: Module 12 - Business Plan Creation
A finished business plan, ready to present to potential investors or other stakeholders
English
Incubation: Module 13 - Celebration
Reflecting on your journey over the past 11 modules, seeing how you have progressed and looking forward to taking next steps.
English
Incubation: The Next Economy Incubation Workbook
Workbook for The Next Economy Incubation.
English
Incubation: Module 1 - Welcome and Self Discovery
Getting to know The Next Economy, introducing yourself and your business and gaining a deeper understanding of who you are.
French
Incubation: Module 2- Fall In Love With The Problem
Understanding the theory of Lean Canvas and why we use it. Making use of the Lean Canvas theory to define your product and uniqueness.
French
Incubation: Module 3 - Customer Journey
Turn your insights on the problem, your customers and the market, into the journey your customer will travel.
French
Incubation: Module 4- Lean Canvas
Use Lean Canvas to refine your business model and structure.
French
Incubation: Module 5- Financial Basics
In this lesson you will learn the basics on start-up finance and receive tools to set up your own financial administration.
French
Incubation: Module 6- Financial Marketing
In this lesson you will learn about the most important variables and metrics for start-ups and how they work in a financial model.
French
Incubation: Module 7- Negotiation
In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of negotiation, and become aware of how it is relevant to your business and beyond.
French
Incubation: Module 8 - Market Testing
To be able to advance your concept and prototype by testing it in the market.
French
Incubation: Module 9 - Marketing and Sales
Learn about the right type of marketing and who you can sell to.
French
Incubation: Module 10 - How To Build My Team.
Learn about why it is important to pay attention to the team you have and analyse the people in your team in an effective way.
French
Incubation: Module 11- Financial Planning and Investment
In this lesson we look towards the future – what are your financial goals and plans and how does investment come into that picture.
French
Incubation: Module 12 - Business Plan Creation
A finished business plan, ready to present to potential investors or other stakeholders.
French
Incubation: Module 13 - Celebration
Reflecting on your journey over the past 11 modules, seeing how you have progressed and looking forward to taking next steps.
French
Incubation: The Next Economy Incubation Workbook
Workbook for The Next Economy Incubation.
French