East Africa Social Business Ecosystem Builders Program 2023 for East African Entrepreneurs. Apply below.
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When is Application Deadline?
10th March 2023
Tell Me About Award:
The East Africa Social Business Ecosystem Builders program, initiated by YY Ventures and Yunus Centre, aims to increase the capacity of the existing ecosystem builders in East Africa by giving them access to new knowledge, technical skills and network.
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The program will support ten (10) social business support organisations by enrolling them in a two-month-long learning journey. Through this program, two young professionals from each selected organisation (a total of 20 participants) will attend five workshops, design their own social business support programs with experts’ coaching and guidance, and they can apply for a matching fund of up to EUR 25,000 to implement their program activities.
Who is Eligible?
A total of 20 participants from 10 organisations – including five ecosystem builders (e.g., local entrepreneurs support organisations, incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces, microfinance institutions) and five Universities (including Yunus Social Business Centres) from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania – who are already involved and engaged with the social business ecosystem or want to design, implement and manage social business programs.
How many Awards?
Not specified
What is Value of Award?
> Workshop and webinars:
Five 3-hour long workshops will be held over two months (March to April, 2023) via Zoom.
The five workshops are split into three modules, each specifically designed to give hands-on knowledge and experience to the workshop participants.
Each workshop will help participants to:
– Understand local realities and ecosystems and how to engage supporters and bring program resources.
– Mobilise resources efficiently and design and manage social business support programs, e.g. competitions, innovation challenges, incubator or accelerator programs.
How to Apply?
Each organisation can nominate two early-stage professionals from their organisations – who are already involved and engaged with the social business ecosystem or want to design, implement and manage social business support programs.
They will have to submit their application by completing an online application form along with the CVs of the two early-stage professionals. An assessment team will review the applications and select the top 10 organisations for the learning journey.
Interested organisations can submit their online application by visiting our Website
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