Talent Investor Program

Jasiri invests in East-African talent and start-ups at the early and high risk phases of a meaningful entrepreneurial journey.

The Jasiri Talent Investor program identifies, selects and invests in aspiring entrepreneurs with the potential to create high-impact businesses. This fully funded one-year program takes a long-term holistic approach to developing entrepreneurs by providing them with the time and space to identify Market-Creating Innovation and product-market fit. JASIRI takes a competency-based approach to selecting and developing entrepreneurs and the Talent Investor is designed with an understanding of the need for patient and holistic support that addresses the challenges and developmental needs of the entrepreneur. The Talent Investor seeks to ease systemic barriers that prevents the entrepreneur from progressing and supports entrepreneurs to focus on the process of venture creation throughout the program. The program is structured to remove barriers on an individual, team, business, and financial level.

Program overview

The Talent Investor is a fully-funded world-class region specific program, that follows a competency-based approach to developing entrepreneurs. The program is designed around a essential programmatic activities and a framework that links defined outcomes or progress criteria with corresponding interventions (offerings) to mitigate systemic barriers that hinder the formation of new ventures. The program introduces selected Fellows to equally ambitious co-founders and ensures that co-founding teams are equipped with the competencies to identify and establish Market-Creating Innovations.

The Talent Investor is composed of 5 key stages:

• Entrepreneurship Essentials
• Team Formation
• Prospecting
• Validation
• Venture Creation

Program offering

Team Formation, Prospecting & Validation Kigali Residential

• A Flight and/or transportation from current place of residence to Kigali will be provided for all selected participants.
• Monthly stipend of $250.

Venture Creation

• A Flight and transportation from Kigali to Nairobi will be provided to Founders choosing to establish their ventures in Kenya.
• Monthly stipend of $1000.

Eligibility criteria

• You are driven and committed to building an innovative high-growth venture from scratch.
• You have a demonstrable history of achievement and entrepreneurial action,
  which means:
  • You are able to identify opportunities and gaps in a sector of interest.
  • You have a history of achievement and evidence of impact wherever you have focused your attention.
  • You have significant insights and expertise in a field or industry
• You are a team player and are excited to meet equally ambitious co-founders.
• You are a citizen of Ethiopia, Kenya, or Rwanda residing in the respective country or diaspora.
• You commit to fully and actively participate in the Talent Investor Program for 14 months including 3 months of Residential Intensive in Rwanda.