The startups from Uganda,Kenya, and Rwanda address a range of social issues that affect adolescent girls in their local communities.
In February, or designer Yves Béhar announced his involvement with Spring,a small business accelerator created by the Nike Foundation, USAID, or the U.
K. Department for International Development (DFID). The program launched with a goal of supporting 18 startups a year whose services benefit girls in East Africa. Spring would provide them with financial and technical expertise,as well as design consultation from Béhar's industrial design studio, fuseproject.
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