SOCIAL BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME
This is a six months program that boosts a social entrepreneur
at start up level to develop to scaling level. The social business accelerator
program is designed in a unique way and brings in hands on entrepreneurship
experience from experts in social entrepreneurship. The accelerator program has
the following benefits:
Women Social Business Accelerator Programme
Women entrepreneurs make up 60% of the small
enterprises in Uganda and about 64% of those close before their first
anniversary due to limited skills to:
Ø
Scale
their enterprises
Ø Access to affordable finance
Ø Access to Market
Ø
Networking
Opportunities for growth
Capital Solutions through the
accelerator program seeks to reduce the gender gap in business growth and sustainability between
male and women-led businesses by providing a learning space,
access to gender based investors and profitable markets as well mentors to
solely support women led enterprises to scale for high social impact.
The Women-only accelerator
programme was launched in 2019, to encourage women entrepreneurs to begin a journey
of growing their business combined with their busy schedules. In Uganda women
led business have successfully increased in the last 10 years however many are still SMEs with
annual turnover of less $50,000. Women-led enterprises in Uganda still cannot
access finance, valuable market chains and therefore they need support to
access business opportunities, knowledge.
Capital Solutions is changing
this narrative by providing a tailored 360˚ solution to enable women
entrepreneurs access gender based investors, a networking space for business
growth through an online and mentorship platform, and capacity building
opportunities through the 6 months’ accelerator program to empower women
business leaders.
Since 2019, the women
accelerator programme has worked with over 112 women-led enterprises to scale
and grow their businesses. This has seen a rise in employment levels of at
least 85% for both the youth and women with in these enterprises.
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