The GrowthAfrica accelerator programme is demanding, but so is success! For six months you will be tearing up your 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 initial 5-day boot camp and the subsequent six 3-day workshops that will establish the foundation and equip you with tools to diagnose your business and devise strategies to optimise your business in all thinkable areas. After each workshop you will work in-company with the assistance of your mentors, facilitators, growth catalysts and sages to implement your new strategies and innovations – boosting your growth trajectory in significant ways.
As long as you are committed to leveraging your business to bring positive impact to the communities you work in, either through your products or services, or through your business model, the programme is tailored for you.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
You can apply if:
-You already have an innovative product or service in the market and paying customers
-You 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
-You have a burning desire to make your business the next big thing and scale internationally and make your business an impactful multimillion dollar success story
-Your 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)
The programme seeks to help you:
1) Double your revenue or
2) Triple your profit or
3) Help you raise at least USD 250,000
TIMELINES:
Application opening: 20th November 2015
Application deadline: 17th January – at midnight
How to Apply
Interested applicants should follow the link below to apply
