Applications have been opened for the 2018 Unreasonable East Africa accelerator programme, which aims to give an unreasonable advantage to entrepreneurs creating solutions to East Africa’s social and environmental problems.
The 10-month programme focuses on for-profit and financially sustainable non-profit businesses across a number of sectors, based in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Unreasonable East Africa will select a group of 15 companies to work alongside more than 100 mentors and connect them with a network of funders.
Since late 2013, it has run three programmes with 29 companies, which have to date raised over US$5.2 million in funding, created more than 380, and benefitted the lives of more than 850,000 people.
You can apply if:
- Your business has a product or service that you have sold to at least 5 customers who have paid for it.
- Your business has a clear way to make money but also has a clever way in which it is positively improving the lives of a lot of people, the economy or a specific industry.
- You are a co-founder of your company, are working full time and are fully committed to building your company without letting any setbacks or criticisms stop you.
- You have a team of at least 2 people that you are working with to build this company.
- You love to learn, are not afraid to ask for help when you need it and believe in open communication for the success of your business.
Entries for the unreasonable East Africa accelerator close on January 10.
