Deadline: Unspecified
Applications are open for the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme 2025. The Jasiri Talent Investor programme is dedicated to discovering and investing in promising entrepreneurs with the potential to establish high-impact businesses. It’s a fully funded 13-month programme that takes a comprehensive, long-term approach to nurture entrepreneurs. The programme offers fellows the time and resources needed to identify 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.
Benefits
- Team formation, customer discover & 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, KES 39,463 or ETB 14,310
- 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 can apply if 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.
Application
For more information, visit Jasiri Talent Investor Programme.
