Deadline: 17 January 2016
Applications are open for the GrowthAfrica Accelerator programme that will take place in Nairobi and Kampala and is seeking start-up entrepreneurs who are committed to leveraging their business to bring positive impact to the communities they work in, either through their products or services, or through their business model.
The GrowthAfrica accelerator programme is demanding, but so is success! For six months the participants will be tearing up their business model and all its constituents, analysing them to bits with the help of a team of skilled and experienced business executives, successful entrepreneurs, maven investors and the GrowthAfrica team, who themselves are experienced entrepreneurs, consultants, mentors and advisors to successful business across the region.
Through the program’s initial 5-day boot camp and the subsequent six 3-day workshops the sponsors will establish the foundation and equip participants with tools to diagnose their business and devise strategies to optimise their business in all thinkable areas. After each workshop the participants will work in-company with the assistance of their mentors, facilitators, growth catalysts and sages to implement their new strategies and innovations – boosting their growth trajectory in significant ways.
Benefits
- Sharpend leadership skills through a number of coaching sessions;
- Availability of skilled finance associates who will aid applicants in developing their financial model,
- Gain a profound understand and appreciation of the financial aspects of the business,
- The participants will create a useful decision making tool.
Areas of Interests
The program prioritizes applicants if:
- They already have an innovative product or service in the market and paying customers
- They have a team of co-founders with a balanced skillset and who are ambitious, talented, committed and willing to learn from their peers and the GrowthAfrica team
- They have a burning desire to make your business the next big thing and scale internationally and make their business an impactful multimillion dollar success story
- Their business have products and services addressing environmental sustainability; work with IT, mobile and financial technologies; is an agribusiness, have a product or service relating to the construction sector, or deliver essential services (health, education, water & sanitation)
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit GrowthAfrica.
