Do you have an interest in learning how to ideate, validate, prototype and formalize a market creating venture? The JASIRI Talent Investor is a fully-funded 1-year program that will guide program participants from idea generation, validation, prototyping, market entry to venture creation. The program will introduce JASIRI Fellows to equally ambitious co-founders and will support them on an individual, team and business level.
Who/What is JASIRI?
JASIRI (meaning brave in Swahili) selects, develops, and funds high-potential aspiring entrepreneurs. JASIRI believes that entrepreneurial teams are at the heart of new venture creation and provides the entrepreneur with access to a diverse group of potential co-founders. JASIRI supports new ventures from idea generation to venture creation. JASIRI is supported by the Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropy (Gray Philanthropy).
What programs does JASIRI offer?
JASIRI Talent Investor: The JASIRI Talent Investor is a fully-funded 1-year program that will guide program participants from idea generation, validation, prototyping, market entry to venture creation. The program will introduce JASIRI Fellows to equally ambitious co-founders and will support them on an individual, team, and business level.
JASIRI Accelerator: The JASIRI ACCELERATOR invests in and supports companies with market-creating innovations.
When do applications for the JASIRI Talent Investor open
Applications for the Talent Investor are now open. Please apply here: https://jasiri.rw/selection/
Ideal Candidate
1. A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
2. Age 25-35
3. Significant experience in your field/sector
4. A demonstrable history of entrepreneurial action
5. A desire to meet equally ambitious co-founders
6. A desire to learn how to ideate, validate, prototype and formalize a market creating venture
7. Must be a citizen of Rwanda or Kenya
8. Willingness to complete the one-year fully funded Talent Investor program on a full-time basis
9. Willingness to travel to Kigali, Rwanda for a period of 3 months for the residential part of the program where teams are formed, and to continue with the remainder of the one-year full-time program in either Rwanda or Kenya.
HOW TO APPLY:
Visit the www.jasiri.org website and apply online!
FOR ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT
enquiries@jasiri.org
APPLICATION DEADLINE: The applications for the JASIRI Talent Investor close on 29 January 2021. Please apply here: https://jasiri.rw/selection/
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