Jasiri Talent Investor

Jasiri Talent Investor was a project that developed and invested in aspiring entrepreneurs in Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and, South Africa.

The initiative tackled poverty and inequality by investing in, nurturing and empowering responsible entrepreneurs and leaders who benefit society by helping to accelerate meaningful employment creation, while embodying the values and behaviours of ethical leadership.

The Systems Justice & Innovation team provided entrepreneurship and innovation curriculum design support, capacity building, and training for the Jasiri entrepreneur cohorts.

Training modules included: 

• Industry research in emerging economies;
• Systems Thinking for Market-Creating Innovations;
• Systems Work & Industry research tool-kits towards opportunity case presentations and initial venture prototyping.

Jasiri, supported by Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies, believes that high-impact entrepreneurial success requires patient, holistic, and context-specific support. Jasiri systematically identifies and removes potential stumbling blocks on the entrepreneurial journey and believes that entrepreneurial teams are at the heart of new venture creation. The programme took participants from idea generation, validation, prototyping to venture creation with a focus on Market-Creating Innovations.

Rwanda is the regional hub of Jasiri and programmes are designed to contribute to Rwanda's Vision 2050.

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