+254 724 151 924 [email protected] 5th Fl, Lenana Towers 0800 - 1700Hrs

ACCELERATION  PROGRAM

The NINJA Accelerator in Kenya is a 16-week acceleration program aimed at fast-tracking the growth of post-revenue ventures with high-growth potential in Kenya. The program is uniquely tailored to bring together expertise from both local and global resources needed by the participating entrepreneurs.

If you are a founder, this program will help:

Tailored support

Strengthen the foundation of your business in Kenya and focus on priority areas that will help you scale through intensive tailored support.

  • A customized growth roadmap: Receive a tailored roadmap that outlines specific milestones and action plans for your startup, helping you stay on track and achieve your growth objectives.
  • Personalized mentorship: Work closely with experienced mentors who understand the unique challenges of your business and can provide guidance and support throughout the program.
  • Access to professional services: Gain access to a network of professional service providers, such as legal, financial, and marketing experts, who can offer specialized assistance and guidance.

Global community

Gain broader perspective, insight, and best practices from a global community of mentors, experts and instructors.

Kenya, Japan & beyond

1. International exposure: A chance to showcase your startup at high-profile local and international startup-related events as part of a “JICA Delegation” (fully-funded by JICA), and gain visibility among potential partners, investors, and customers, opening new avenues for growth and expansion (1 local event, 1 international event – details to come*).

2. Gain access to not only international venture capitalists, institutional and corporate investors, and/or strategic partners, but even more so from Japan like no other program, thanks to our Japan-focused events and a trip to Japan as part of the “JICA NINJA Accelerator in Africa Roadshow to Japan” (flight and accommodation covered by JICA, details to come*).

Program Structure **Please note that dates are subject to change.

A half-day event for involved stakeholders with a presentation of the new cohort, project partners and mentors/experts.

Taking stock of participants’ businesses and identify potential growth gaps and challenges to tailor subsequent support. The outcome for each startup is a clear set of goals to achieve during the program.

One-on-one support by GrowthAfrica’s internal mentors focused on building a deeper understanding of and solutions for these challenges, including identifying and mobilizing the resources needed for action in the Kenyan context.

4 internal mentors will support the businesses in their efforts to fully understand their shortcomings and challenges that need addressing prior to the pitch day. The shortcomings may be addressed in the mid/long-term; as well as evaluate how to address these and what resources (e.g. mentoring) are needed to effectively do so.

8 weeks of mentor and instructor support – Local and international mentors, as well as external mentors, with domain or sector/industry expertise will be mobilized to assist the businesses in building their capacity and strategies around identified growth challenges.

Instructor sessions, as pre-empted topics (selected based on the cohort) run by expert instructors, as ½ day or full-day sessions aiming at addressing specific challenges in the businesses for immediate resolution or to build specific capacity in relation to the investment and partnership process engaged at/after the pitch event. Instructors can be local or international and may be engaged on a commercial basis.

The cohort is mobilized alongside a small, select group of alumni from past Project NINJA programs and mentors with specific insights and experience into a topic or value chain and with the aim of one of the businesses challenges or a potential solution (or their entire business) to the group for “silent“ feedback and input in a structured process.

1 day – High-production value external pitching event for potential investors and strategic partners as well as media and key stakeholders.

Additional Program Components

Japan Focused Networking Events (Oct. 2023)

These are exclusive networking opportunities organised by the Japan project team that are designed to allow our cohort gain access to Japanese investors and corporations.

Local Networking Opportunities (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1 2023)

During high-profile local events, gain local exposure by being re-introduced to the ecosystem as part of the JICA Delegation, and gain the opportunity to showcase your business and network from a different standpoint.

International Networking Events (Nov. or Dec. 2023)

Organised by the JICA project team – 3 members of the cohort will get a chance to join a delegation of founders, ecosystem builders, JICA specialists, and government counterparts from other NINJA Programs in Africa forto an international startup-related event to showcase their business and network as part of the JICA NINJA Delegation (flight and accommodation covered by JICA, details to come).

The JICA NINJA Accelerator in Africa Roadshow in Japan (Nov. or Dec. 2023, or Jan. or Feb. 2024)

Startups from cohort 3 will join a delegation of founders, ecosystem builders, JICA specialists, and government counterparts from other NINJA Programs in Africa for to Japan organised by the JICA project team (flight and accommodation covered by JICA), where several activities will be programmed to introduce delegates to Japan’s business community in Tokyo and beyond.

Join the 3rd cohort of the NINJA Acceleration Program in Kenya

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A startup accelerator program in Kenya to bring in integrated resources from the project partners for enhanced business success in Kenya and beyond.

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Contacts

Lenana Towers, 5th Fl

+254 (0) 724 151 924

P.O. Box 17726 – 00100

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