Call for Mentors – Tanzania

Are you interested in mentoring growing social entrepreneurs in Tanzania which are addressing some of the nation’s biggest challenges, in new and innovative ways?

Are you an experienced business professional and are you enthusiastic about helping entrepreneurs to improve their product or service, grow market share, raise capital and make a larger impact?

Anza is looking for Tanzania’s business experts, industry leaders and thought leaders to join our database of mentors for current and future programs to provide mentorship and coaching to some of Tanzania’s most promising social entrepreneurs. 

We especially encourage women to apply to become a mentor with Anza.

About Anza

Anza Entrepreneurs provides business development services that assist to strengthen business operations, increase profitability, scale job creation in Tanzania. In the last 10 years, Anza has provided over 2000 businesses in 13 regions of Tanzania with strategic capacity building, trade linkages and access to flexible capital to maximise their ability to create jobs and provide access to life-improving products and services.

Our impact is clear: on average Anza entrepreneurs create 3 new jobs, have revenue growth of $12,000 and reach 12,000 lives all within the first year of programming. We’ve facilitated over $4,500,000 of investment to our entrepreneurs.

Mentors for the Investment Readiness Program

The Investment Readiness Acceleration Program is aimed at startups and social business that are looking to scale their business. The program includes a series of three 4-day workshops which will provide businesses with hands-on training to refine business models, sharpen their financial skills, understand their markets and pitch their businesses. The program further provides selected entrepreneurs with: 

• 1:1 tailored consultation from mentors, including leading experts in various industries in Tanzania and across the globe.  

• Market research support on supply chains management, customer relations, team, and investor discovery. 
• Investment capital facilitated by Anza Growth Fund. The graduates will also have lifetime eligibility to access funding from Anza Growth Fund.
• At the end of the programme, graduating companies will have as a programme output an Investment data room, a folder containing a Strategic Business plan, projections, operations governing policies, investment Memo and partnership pitch deck.
• At the end of the program, 2 winners will be selected by the other entrepreneurs. The winners will be awarded up to $10,000 from our Anza Growth Fund. All graduating businesses will be introduced to our network of investors, allowing for easier access to affordable capital. 

Mentorship

At the start of each program cycle entrepreneurs and mentors will be matched based on their expertise, the industry they predominantly work in and the impact they wish to achieve. The mentorship will entail 1:1 tailored consultations with the entrepreneurs during the workshops organised throughout the program (time commitment is usually up to 8 hours spread over 90 days..

Moreover, mentors will be encouraged to keep in touch with the entrepreneurs to provide advice, potential market linkages and other connections that will help these social enterprises to thrive. 

What we offer

• Impact and strengthen the Tanzanian start-up ecosystem by helping social entrepreneurs thrive with their businesses.
• Develop your advisory skills and knowledge by providing guidance and support to entrepreneurs to scale their operations and get investment ready. 
• Get connected to the Anza community, which includes international social development organisations, impact investors, social entrepreneurs and other experts and mentors.
• Get access to a global network of experts and mentorship trainings conducted by VC4A.

Eligibility criteria

• You must have experience in the Agriculture, Education, Healthcare, Clean Energy, Financial Inclusion or Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) sector as an entrepreneur, sectoral player or consultant. 
• Ideally, You should have experience with (refining) business models, financials and sales pipelines.  
• We encourage applicants that have worked on (technology-enabled) solutions for climate change.
• We especially encourage women to join this mentorship program.
• We prefer our mentors to be located in Tanzania.