Through The Kenya StartUp Cup process entrepreneurs learn how to design a viable business model, develop customers, test their assumptions, and grow their business revenue through a comprehensive judging, coaching, and mentoring process. The Kenya StartUp Cup kick-off date will be April 8th 2014, and we will be open for submissions from this date. You can present your business model within the four sub-categories below:
- Social Enterprise
- Agricultural Business
- Information, Communication and Technology
- “Green” Business
From each of the 47 counties of Kenya, the panel of judges will select one business model from each of the four business categories above, creating 188 business models in total. These 188 entrepreneurs will then receive training and submit a long business model form. In the next draft, the panel of judges will select 40 of the long business models to the next round of the competition, 10 from each category. In the end there will be selected one winner from each of the four business categories, and from these four there will be a 3rd, 2nd and 1st Prize winner of StartUp Cup Kenya! Organizers:
Kenya StartUp Cup is organized by The Youth Banner. The Youth Banner (TYB) is a not-for-profit organization, whose vision and goal is of developed and empowered youth. TYB is looking to achieve these goals through entrepreneurship programs, which were created by TYB to help battle Kenya’s very high unemployment rates. The organization’s main work in entrepreneurship training, mentoring and linkage to markets and finances has benefitted countless young people in Nairobi and throughout the country who would otherwise be unemployed or without sustainable sources of livelihood. The Youth Banner was established in 2010 and works in informal settlements within Nairobi, as well as with rural youth in Homa Bay and Nyeri counties. TYB creates an enabling environment for youth to earn sustainable incomes through entrepreneurship programs.