Women’s Economic Empowerment – Rethinking startegies to  End  Poverty in Women in Africa/Ethiopia


Women’s economic empowerment is vital to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. Women play a critical role in the economy as employees, customers, executives,  producers and entrepreneurs.

Program Focus

1. STEM education  & capacity building 
2. Women Employment & Entrepreneurship
3. Access to Finance and Market
4. Low cost technologies
A man holding a tray of food in front of an oven.

  WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

  • Women’s empowerment through economic advancement.
  • Targeting women owned small and medium enterprises,
  • Empowering women small farm holders to increase their income using low cost agricultural and solar technologies along with skills training. 

Key Ecosystems  include: 

  • Education & Training
  • Capital/Finance 
  • Market Information.
  • Appropriate Technology
A man standing next to a solar panel.
Testing the fire production power by burning a piece of wood
A person putting dough into an oven
One solar oven has 3 trays. On each tray 40 loaves bread is baked at a time.
Summer Girls Coding and Robotics Program
Three young girls are using a computer.
Girls virtual computer class at Dilla STEM center
A man holding a tray of food in front of an oven.
Putting the dough into the solar bakery
A blue cart with solar panels on top of it.
STEM Synergy's first solar bakery product in partnership with lytefire

Photo below : SOLAR TECHNOLOGY TEAM OF STEM SYNERGY ENJOYING THEIR COOKED MUFFIN, COOKIES AND BREAD FROM THE NEWLY MANFACTURED SOLAR BAKERY

A group of people standing in front of trays of food.
Enjoying solar baked cookies and bread at a meeting break
Two girls in aprons are standing next to a tray of food.
Preparing the dough before placing it into the solar oven
A man is making food on the table
Tortilla baking at STEM Synergy using solar power for wrap sandwich
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