Kosmos Innovation Center Business Booster
This program works with Ghanaian agribusinesses, providing capacity building and training to help them scale their business and achieve sustainability.
Entrepreneurs, apply by October 6!
The Kosmos Innovation Center Business Booster is an accelerator program developed by the Kosmos Innovation Center in partnership with Uncharted.
This 5-month (November-March) program will feature two 5-day bootcamps for local Ghanaian agribusinesses. The first bootcamp, Business Model Validation, is designed to provide entrepreneurs with a step-by-step methodology to quickly validate and refine their venture’s business model for growth. The second bootcamp, Investment Preparedness, is designed to prepare entrepreneurs to raise funding.
The program is designed to help small and medium size enterprises:
Validate and refine their business model
Prepare their company for growth
Access the capital needed to build successful businesses
Whether your goal is to expand production, improve your product or service, or explore new marketing or distribution channels, this business accelerator program aims to strengthen companies that sustains livelihoods and creates jobs.
The program is now accepting applications from established companies with unique business models within the agribusiness value chain:
AgTech
AgFinance
Retail & Distribution
Processing
Food Safety & Traceability
Transport & Logistics
Nutrition & Sustainability
Here’s What Businesses Get
2 Bootcamps
Two 5-day in-person bootcamps, featuring world-class curriculum that has been used by businesses operating in 94 countries around the world
Mentor Introductions
A vast international network of world-class mentors who can share market insights and business development opportunities
Access to Capital
Key introductions to a community of impact investors, venture capitalists, angel investors, and capital advisors to fund the next stage of your growth
Technology Partners
Access tools from technology partners to improve your productivity and efficiency
Collaborative Co-Working
Select companies may be invited to run their businesses from a collaborative co-working space, enabling entrepreneurs to share knowledge and resources with like-minded people
Timeline of Events
Our Partners
We have an amazing team of partners. Kosmos Innovation Center in Accra, Ghana is the true champion of this issue, supported by Kosmos Energy in Dallas, Texas. Uncharted’s implementation partner is the Impact Hub Accra, whose team ran an Investment Preparedness Lab during our first Lab cohort in 2015.
If you’re interested in partnering, send us an email!
Frequently Asked Questions
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This program, including both bootcamps, will be held at the Impact Hub in Accra, Ghana.
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Only one! Ventures that are selected will participate in the Business Model Validation bootcamp in November 2017, followed by the Investment Preparedness bootcamp in March 2018.
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Yes. The focus of this program is to find and equip local, promising Ghanaian agribusinesses to become investment ready.
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This differs for each program, but we typically choose 10-12 ventures.
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There is no cost! We just ask that your team commits to being present for both 5-day bootcamps, with checkins in between and follow up calls afterwards.
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Many of the mentors for this program will be local to the Ghanaian agribusiness ecosystem, but will feature some relevant international mentors as well. Please email Emily Scott to learn more if you are interested in being a mentor for this program!
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Email Emily, our Global Labs Director. She’ll get back to you shortly!
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Our favorite question! Click here. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, but the deadline to apply is October 6th.