Acumen Academy 2023 Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs

This program is designed for enterprises with demonstrated market traction and a team equivalent to at least three full-time staff members. During this 12-week program, you will learn the essentials for building a scalable business model that achieves both profitability and impact. Working alongside your close-knit cohort of entrepreneurial peers and Acumen experts, you’ll develop your leadership and business skills as you design your plan to embed gender equity as you scale. 

As a participant, you’ll gain access to industry-specific case studies, video tutorials and practical readings, and receive invaluable one-on-one support and guidance from our team. Each week, you’ll complete assignments designed to help you think critically about your business model and introduce you to gender-inclusive best practices. During the leadership sessions, you’ll be challenged to redefine success and develop the moral imagination to create a society centered on dignity — then employ your new leadership and business skills to make it a reality.

Acumen Academy is the world’s school for social change. Our mission is to unleash a new generation of social innovators and leaders with the character and competence to build a more just, inclusive and sustainable world. Blending the best of online and offline learning, we offer anyone, anywhere access to the practical tools, practices, resources and supportive community they need to achieve positive social change. The Acumen Academy community represents a new generation of social innovators and leaders committed to doing what’s right in a world that loves easy.

• Table of Content
• About Acumen Academy
• Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator
• Aim and Benefits of Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator
• Requirements for Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Acumen Academy

Acumen Academy serves a community of social innovators and builders who are willing to embrace the challenge of solving the world's toughest problems and provides the practical tools, practices and resources needed to create new solutions for an interdependent world.

Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator

Application Deadline	04 Apr 2023
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Acumen Academy
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator

• Facilitated virtual Learning Labs for peer learning and discussion
• Leadership lessons such as Listening to Voices Unheard and Partnering with Humility and Audacity
• One-on-one consultation calls with Acumen’s team
• Video tutorials on customer discovery, sales and marketing, financial modeling, pitching, and more
• Unconscious bias training, workshops, and self-assessment strategies for embedding gender inclusivity into your scaling plan
• Case studies from social enterprises that have successfully scaled and contributed to gender equity and advancement

Requirements for Gender Equity And Advancement Accelerator Qualification

This accelerator is open to social entrepreneurs who:

• Have a team of three or more full-time staff
• Run an established social enterprise (nonprofit or for-profit) based in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia) or West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Gambia) who are working to solve problems of poverty and dignity
• Are ready to scale their venture and are dedicated to investing in their personal and professional growth
• Are deeply committed to the work of tackling poverty and injustice and are interested in being part of a global community bound by values 
• Have an enterprise that has been operational for 18 months or more, with evidence of increasing customer numbers and preparation to scale
• Have a commitment to serving women across three entry points, and evidence of action in at least one:
  • Market (products and services)
  • Internal organization (workforce and policies)
  • Value chain (supply and distribution)

Application Deadline

April 4, 2023

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Acumen Academy on acumenacademy.tfaforms.net to apply

For more details, visit Acumen Academy website.