A Palestinian full profit, private IT outsourcing company, and social enterprise is an innovative women-led impact business that maintains a high level of female beneficiaries aims to empower them to be able to transform their lives.
GGateway market-driven professional IT services and learning environment promotes Palestine as an international ICT outsourcing destination. GGateway believes that impact business changes human lives, while inspired and empowered youth will change the world. GGateway is an innovative hybrid business model that aims at creating professional development and economic opportunities for youth in Gaza especially females in the technology sector. GGateway has an innovative employability and capacity building programs that map donors' money to build the technical and personal capacity of youth to be employable in the ICT outsourcing, freelancing, and remote working industries. GGateway as well is an outsourcing business that seeks contracting opportunities with clients from all over the world and employ the trained youth in these projects. Through their working and employment time, continuous activities of career development and capacity building continue to ensure that youth leave the enterprise after at least one year with a professional practical and educational experience in the ICT industry. As a summary GGateway provide the following activities:
- Technical ICT (programming, design) skills training.
- Soft skills and employability training.
- Mentoring and career development empowerment activities.
- Employment opportunities in the ICT and digital industry.

So far GGateway was able to build the capacity of 1000+ youth, outreached 4400, created 220+ long term job opportunities, and empowered hundreds of youth to work as online remote workers and freelancers where at least 50%+ are females. At least 86% of GGateway former employees sustain a long term income after they leave the enterprise.

https://www.ggateway.tech

• Palestine

• Youth

In 2018 GGateway model was recognized by the world bank as a successful empowerment business model for youth. In March 2020, GGateway received $2.95M from the world bank to grow as a regional outsourcing hub in the MENA region, which will enable the enterprise to at least train 200 youth and create 50 jobs annually from 2021-2023.

The project is sustainable and has been endorsed to carry on with training youth and providing job opportunities.

The project empowers youth to upgrade their skill sin ICT and contribute to national development in this field. It encourages diverse skills uptake and contributes to employability of the youth in ICT sector. Its hybrid business model allows it to make outstanding contribution to development and has attracted partners from international organizations such the World Bank.