PMD Social Entrepreneur's Journey by REAL Foundation

The Programme Migration & Diaspora (PMD) is a global project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development with the following objective: key players in partner countries are increasingly benefitting from the positive effects that regular migration and diaspora engagement are having on local social and economic development. The core offer "Business Ideas for Development" (BID) of the field of action ‘Financial and Economic Development Contribution of the Diaspora and Migrants’ advises and accompanies migrants in Germany who want to start a development relevant enterprise in their country of origin and provides them with industry and context-specific knowledge, skills and contacts relevant to business start-ups. "Business Ideas for Development" (BID) component of the Programme Migartion & Diaspora, are currently supporting 7 entrepreneurs (teams) in the first cohort who have recently completed their market exploration, and two entrepreneurs (teams) in the second cohort who are being onboarded into the programme. Through the planned podcasts with these 7 entrepreneurs, we want to bring out the feelings and experiences that these entrepreneurs have gathered during their journey.