Jasiri Talent Investor Programme 2024 for Entrepreneurs

We are excited to announce that applications for the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme 2024 are now open. This innovative programme is designed to identify and empower promising entrepreneurs with the potential to build high-impact businesses. As a fully funded 13-month initiative, it provides a comprehensive and long-term approach to nurturing entrepreneurs, offering them the necessary time and resources to develop Market-Creating Innovations and achieve product-market fit.

Jasiri employs a competency-based approach to identify and nurture entrepreneurs, emphasizing the need for patient and comprehensive support to address their challenges and developmental needs. The programme’s main objective is to remove systemic barriers that impede entrepreneurs’ progress and allow them to focus on the venture creation process. It’s structured to eliminate hindrances at the individual, team, business, and financial levels, creating a supportive environment for entrepreneurial success.

Program Overview

The Talent Investor is a well-funded programme tailored to specific regions. It uses a competency-based approach to nurture entrepreneurs. The programme consists of essential activities and a framework that connects specific goals with the support needed to overcome obstacles that can hinder the creation of new businesses. The programme also facilitates the collaboration of selected Fellows with like-minded co-founders, ensuring these teams have the skills to find and create Market-Creating Innovations.

The Talent Investor consists of six key stages:

• Jasiri JumpStart
• Team Formation
• Customer Discovery
• Problem Validation
• Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
• Venture Creation

Benefits

• Team Formation, Customer Discovery & Validation at the Residential in Kigali
  • Flight and/or transportation from their current place of residence to the Residential Site in Kigali.
  • A monthly stipend equivalent to RWF 317,145, KES39,463, or ETB 14,130.
• Venture Creation
  • Flight and transportation from Kigali to Nairobi or Ethiopia.
  • A monthly stipend equivalent to RWF 1,268,580, KES 157,853, or ETB 56,521.

Eligibility

You are:

• An Ethiopian, Kenyan, or Rwandan residing in your country or diaspora.
• Ready to pursue entrepreneurship full-time as a career, and spend three months of Residential Intensive in Rwanda.
• Well-informed and skilled in your professional field, adept at identifying gaps and opportunities within your sector of interest.
• Committed to launching a new, innovative venture with potential for rapid growth.
• Historically an achiever, problem solver, and value creator wherever you have focused your attention.
• Collaborative, eager to meet equally ambitious peers within your cohort, and co-found ventures from scratch.

Women aspiring entrepreneurs are highly encouraged to apply.