Deadline: 1st October 2023 | Land Accelerator Programme Kenya Call For Applications.
| Title: | Land Accelerator Programme Kenya Call For Applications |
| Organisation: | World Resources Institute (WRI) |
| Fund/Benefit: | $5000 Innovation grant. |
| Deadline: | October 1st 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | All countries |
The first training and mentoring programme in the world aimed exclusively at companies that restore degraded forests, cropland, and pasture has been introduced by the World Resources Institute (WRI), called the Land Accelerator Africa.
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A training and mentoring programme called The Land Accelerator xGRV is specifically designed for companies that rehabilitate damaged forests, cropland, and pasture in Kenya’s Greater Rift Valley region.
The Land Accelerator gives entrepreneurs in Africa with mentorship and networking opportunities, technical training, and seminars to improve their storytelling and pitching abilities in order to help the AFR100 Initiative’s objective of restoring 100 million hectares of land by 2030.
The programme gives participants more confidence to network with possible investors and advance their company’s growth. Since 2018, the programme has drawn close to 3,400 applications from Africa, and its 196 alumni from 45 countries say that they have worked with 250,000 farmers to support 9,000 jobs and rehabilitate 201,000 hectares.
Benefits
- The Top 100 will profit from: three months of special, once-a-week instruction from professionals.
- 3 months of access to Fledge’s online training courses for new businesses.
- templates for writing content that will help your company succeed.
- Mentors who will share their experience will hold weekly office hours.
- Weekly networking events to talk with and pick the brains of other business owners in your cohort.
- A $5000 innovation grant will be awarded to those who satisfy all programme attendance requirements.
- Entrepreneurs will have access to trainings and tools to achieve the following tasks at the program’s conclusion:
- A captivating one-minute lift pitch that will attract investors, clients, and possible partners.
- A pitch deck of 10–12 slides that is intended for investors.
- A plan for measuring, managing, and selling environmental indicators.
- To see their growth estimates and determine their capital needs, they created a three to five-year financial model.
- Increased assurance in the goals and activities of their company.
- To apply for a Land Accelerator investment pack, which will be given to the top 15 entrepreneurs, the top 100 entrepreneurs must complete the virtual course.
- The following benefits will be provided to investment pack recipients: An innovation grant of at least $5,000 each.
a coaching session to create a grant and investment strategy with a Land Accelerator organiser.
a 90-minute group meeting with mentors from the Land Accelerator who offered personalised feedback. - a one-on-one conversation to discuss all of the materials provided throughout the programme in detail with a mentor from the Land Accelerator.
the chance to deliver a three-minute business pitch at the Land Accelerator Demo Day, a gathering of prize winners and investors from across the continent that can be held in person or online. - the chance to network with other business owners while learning from successful entrepreneurs and educators at the Land Accelerator Impact Days in Malawi, scheduled for October 16–20, 2023.
What qualities define a strong application?
- The analysis of the business model’s design yields the five considerations listed below. These standards determine if the company belongs in the Land Accelerator’s target market of business owners.
- Profitability
- Scalability
- Replicability
- Impact on the Environment
- Social Effects
Criteria
- All business owners that have a clear focus on restoring the land through sustainable farming, reforestation, and agroforestry are encouraged to submit an application.
- You must own a business that operates for profit and offers goods or services to clients.
- The core of your company’s business strategy should be the restoration of the land through techniques like agroforestry, reforestation, and sustainable agriculture.
- The Greater Rift Valley of Kenya is made up of the following counties: Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Kajiado, Kiambu, Laikipia, Makueni, Marsabit, Nakuru, Narok, Nyandarua, Samburu, Turkana, and West Pokot. Your business must be located in one of these counties.
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