Do you have a business idea and need expert support to turn it into reality?

SEED and SWITCH-Africa Green invite you to apply for the next round of the Starter Months in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and South Africa. The workshops will be from July to September, see below for the exact dates in your country.

What to expect? During a 3-day DEVELOP and a 2-day REFINE workshop the selected teams will receive advisory services to work on their business ideas. We want every idea to be turned into a business! The period between the two workshops will be used for facilitated testing of the idea with potential customers and partners. In the end, teams are ready to go public with their ideas. The most motivated teams can win additional capacity-building support for their enterprise.

We invite entries from teams who develop green and inclusive business solutions for key social and environmental challenges in their country.

Please find the detailed dates below:

Kenya, Nairobi, with Kenyatta University:

Application Deadline: 10 July
WS 1: 3-5 August 2017                   
WS 2: 14-15 Sept 2017

Ghana, Accra, with Afrik Eveil:

Application Deadline: 10 July
WS 1: 3-5 August 2017                    
WS 2: 8-9 Sept 2017

Uganda, Kampala, with Enterprise Uganda:

Application Deadline: 2 July
WS 1: 27-29 July 2017                       
WS 2: 8-9 Sept 2017

South Africa, Durban:

Application Deadline: 22 July
WS 1: 15-17 August 2017                
WS 2: 20-21 September 2017

For more information about SEEDs starter programme, please visit: https://www.seed.uno/support/starter.html.

Do you rather want to replicate a tested and proven business model to set up your own eco-inclusive enterprise? In this case, you might apply for our new Replicator round which we also just launched! You can also apply for both programmes.

To learn more about the project components implemented under the SWITCH-Africa Green multi-country project “Promoting Eco-Entrepreneurship in Africa” visit: www.seed.uno/sag.