Mentoring

Applications are now open for an 8-month mentoring programme for women-led, high potential technology businesses. The programme aims to strengthen technology focus, scale promising technology businesses globally and foster international partnerships between tech businesses from Africa and Europe. It is an initiative under the Strategic Partnership Digital Africa (SPDA), funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and coordinated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

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The Regional Mentoring Programme was a project that targeted 12 young entrepreneurs and VSEs based in the internal regions of Tunisia. It lasted 5 months, from the end of June 2018 to the beginning of November 2018. The programme aimed to strengthen awareness around entrepreneurship as a career path and support potential entrepreneurs in marginalized regions, with a focus on equipping women entrepreneurs with the tools and skills they need to grow. 

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By the time the second round of our International Mentoring Programme in West Africa rolled around, enpact was well established in Ghana.

15 Ghanaian, 5 Nigerian and 10 European startup founders were selected from over 300 applicants for the second edition of the International Mentoring programme for West Africa.

Once more, we were thrilled to experience the great creativity and synergies that materializes when 45 diverse entrepreneurs, mentors and experts from around the world come together with the purpose to exchange knowledge and create connections.

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In 2018, enpact developed a mentoring programme to help the founders of local businesses in Ghana. Over the course of our first year in Ghana, we built a strong network of well-established entrepreneurs and influencers in the startup ecosystem who joined us as mentors and experts for the national mentoring programme. The cohort consisted of 16 young founders who were able to take their ideas to the next stage and launch new businesses in tourism, real estate, education, food and other sectors.

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In 2018, we ran a national mentoring programme with a focus on the Kenyan startup ecosystem. Over the duration of 6 months, we worked closely with 16 entrepreneurs to develop and support their local businesses. The central theme of the programme was ‘the Power of Connecting’ which focused on understanding how to use and expand your network and how to utilize the power of community to develop your product and grow your business.

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Out of over 300 applicants, 30 startups were selected for the first edition of our International Mentoring programme in East Africa. The participating entrepreneurs were from Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda along with 8 entrepreneurs from Europe. 

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enpact launched a new chapter in Sub-Saharan Africa with the International Mentoring Programme in 2017/2018.

The successful model of the International mentoring Programme was brought to West Africa starting 2017. During the 8-months programme, 29 entrepreneurs developed a strong international network, received insights and learnings from mentors and their peers, and were able to improve and grow their businesses. 

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The 3rd edition of enpact’s international mentoring programme allowed us to expand our usual format in size, content and geographical scope. We were joined by entrepreneurs from Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Europe. It was our largest group to date; 60 startups, joined by 20 mentors and experts.

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New year, new title: “engage – participate – act”, the second round of the international mentoring programme, took place in 2014.

In 2014, the international mentoring programme was yet again implemented under its new title “engage – participate – act”, which is actually the acronym of enpact, after undergoing some administrative and content related changes.

First, starting this year enpact e.V. was fully responsible for all operations, accounting, reporting and monitoring and evaluation. Second, based on the feedback of the first years’ participants, the schedule and setup of the programme witnessed significant changes.

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“Class of 2013” – The first edition of the international mentoring programme and the founding stone for enpact.

In 2013, the first ever international mentoring programme was implemented under the title “class of 2013 “, when Matthias Treutwein and Dr. Sebastian Rubatscher met while working on the project for the International Institute of Family Enterprises and The Owners Forum.

The programme participants were 10 Egyptian and 10 Tunisian founders, who were matched with 20 mentors of German family-run businesses, the German Mittelstand and the Berlin startup scene. The first edition featured  study visits to Berlin, Germany and Muscat, Oman, along with ongoing mentoring sessions that were at the core of the programme.

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In 2019, we hosted the ninth edition of our International Mentoring Programme for a cohort of West African & European startups. For this edition, 30 entrepreneurs, ten mentors, and three experts participated in the 8-months programme, kicking-off with a five-day bootcamp in Ghana.

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