The Jasiri Talent Investor Programme (Cohort 9) for young East African Entrepreneurs (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: October 12, 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme. Jasiri Talent Investor is a 13-month program that backs battle-tested African expertise earlier than the enterprise exists, betting on the person pre-idea, pre-team, pre-venture, and offering founder-friendly capital, infrastructure, and steering from enterprise formation to market validation.

Joining Cohort 9 means committing to construct in meals methods. That doesn’t imply you want a background in it. Engineers, operators, scientists, financiers, entrepreneurs, and so on — all construct meals methods ventures. Sector information might be discovered. What issues is that you’re pushed, good at what you do, and able to pursue an issue price fixing in meals methods.

Requirements

You are:

• A Kenyan, Rwandan or Ethiopian citizen, at home or within the diaspora.
• Ready to pursue entrepreneurship full-time as a profession.
• Able to relocate to Kigali for the three-month Residential Intensive.
• Committed to constructing a brand new enterprise in meals methods.
• Eager to co-found from scratch with equally formidable friends.
• Open-minded: able to validate your concept and pivot it if the proof says so.

You carry:

• Depth in your area. Years of hands-on work, for occasion, in software program, {hardware}, science, knowledge, finance, operations or gross sales, with actual work to indicate for it, not simply credentials.
• Proof you’ve constructed earlier than. A enterprise, a facet enterprise, a hustle. You have offered to prospects and put your individual money and time on the road.
• A file of accomplishment. An issue solver and worth creator wherever you’ve centered your consideration.
• Your strongest edge. You is perhaps deeply technical or strongly business. Ventures want each.

The 13-Months Journey

Jasiri Jumpstart: From 18 Jan 2027 Online, 1 month

Discover your WHY, your entrepreneurial edge, and fall in love with the issue.

Residential Intensive: 17 Feb – 23 May 2027 , Rwanda

Team formation, downside and alternative identification, buyer and product growth.

Venture Creation: Up to 9 months

Launch in Rwanda, Kenya or Ethiopia.

Benefits

Jasiri Jumpstart

Online, 1 month

USD 30 communication assist.

Residential Intensive

3 months, Kigali, totally coated

Living assist

USD 250 per thirty days for 3 months.

Fully coated residence

Travel to and from Rwanda, lodging, meals, transport and medical insurance.

Market Validation funds

Up to USD 3,000 per group for prototyping and testing when you attain the validation stage.

Venture Creation

Up to 9 months – Kenya, Rwanda or Ethiopia

Venture creation grant

USD 28,000 per enterprise, disbursed in three milestone-gated tranches as your enterprise hits its milestones.

Experts and enterprise builders

Hands-on enterprise builders, coaches and vetted consultants.

Partner worth and credit

Partner worth (AWS, Notion, Perplexity, HubSpot) and shared workspaces in Kigali, Nairobi and Addis Ababa.

Selection Process

Selection course of.

Stage 1

Application type

Present your entrepreneurial expertise, technical skillset, strengths, and observe file.Stage 2

Entrepreneurial Intentions (EI)

Complete an evaluation of your founding intent and readiness to construct.Stage 3

Psychometrics and video

Upload a brief video on “Why Jasiri, and why now” and full the psychometric evaluation.Stage 4

Selection Conference

If you make it via, be part of a stay evaluation, working in teams to sort out challenges and casework alongside different high candidates.Stage 5

Interviews

Join an open dialog about your proof and entrepreneurial historical past.Stage 6

Offer

If chosen, you’ll obtain a suggestion to hitch Cohort 9, with the programme starting with Jasiri Jumpstart in January 2027.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme