Target 9.3 aims to support small-scale enterprise development. The Ashesi entrepreneurship ecosystem includes the following initiatives which support SME development in emerging economies:

• Ashesi Entrepreneurship Center provides proof of concept grants and soft loans to student entrepreneurs to help them validatetheir business models, products, and services.
  
  
• The Makers Skills’ Lab enables students to try their hand at everything from 3D modeling to building electric circuits. In a perfect example of the intersection Ashesi fosters between engineering and creative thinking, a student recently designed and built an operational drone. Inspired by Ashesi’s growing size, he now hopes to teach the drone to fly independently—the first step towards establishing a campus delivery startup.
  
  
• Ashesi’s world-class facilities are designed and built to inspire student learning and innovation. Opened in 2018, The Fab Lab offers students a dedicated space to design and fabricate new products for their startups.