School of Impact Academy

Entrepreneur in Residence I

Identify real local problems and create scalable solutions that pay towards the Sustianable Development Goals. The program is divided into a 3-month education block, and a 9-month development block. In the education block, you will learn how to build a business, present your first business idea to our partners and receive an Impact Degree. In the development block, you will use the acquired knowledge to work out your ideas together with our partners in order to start your own business.

DURATION

12 months

Location

Accra, GH

APPLICATION DEADLINE

6th of FEB 2023

Limited seats, apply early

Salary

7.000 GHC

Find out more about other benefits we offer you

ECTS

20 ECTS

Who is this program for?

The School of Impact Academy is designed for change makers looking to create scalable and sustainable solutions for local challenges.

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Phased Approach

From the start of the program, you’ll start ideating for a purpose, whether that is making cities and communities more sustainable or protecting the world’s ecosystems through the concept of the circular economy. Be prepared to learn about business models that are sustainable financially, socially, and environmentally and how profit is generated as a means to sustain and scale the business, and its positive impact on the planet.

What You’ll Learn

Education block

Orientation Phase

During the Orientation Phase, you’ll ideate to develop the first solutions to the biggest problems locally and become inspired to dive deeper.

Introduction to scool of failure

2.5 ECTS

Mission Identification

2.5 ECTS

Sustainability Foundations

2.5 ECTS

Technology Revolutions

2.5 ECTS

Business Modeling

2.5 ECTS

Calibration Phase

The Calibration Phase offers a deep dive into the topics of Finance for Entrepreneurs and Sustainability.

Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development

2.5 ECTS

Finance for Entrepreneurs

2.5 ECTS

Storytelling and Pitching

2.5 ECTS

Finishing your Impact Degree with

20 ECTS

Development block

Problem Identification

This phase is about identifying and understanding problems and challenges faced by people and businesses in West Africa.

Empathize - Understand what challenges people in West Africa face and why.

Define - Choose the problem that you want to solve.

Solution Creation

By this point, you know who your target users are and what they want from your product. You also have a clear problem statement that you’re hoping to solve. Now it’s time to come up with possible solutions.

Ideate - Venture away from the norm, explore new angles, and think outside the box.

Analyse - Find out what is already on the market.

Prototype - Turn your ideas into something tangible.

Go-to-Market

From here on, it’s all about getting your product to market and getting your business rolling.

Test - Put your prototypes in front of real users and see how they get on.

Adapt - Align your product with the new insights.

Register - Time to register your start up and scale it up.

Why join this program?

You’ll benefit from top-tier learning content from Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences and will be accompanied by CNI and our corporate partners from the very beginning in the development and implementation of your own start up.

Our remote-first learning platform makes education accessible from wherever you are and provides the flexibility to learn regardless of your professional and personal commitments. Learn from wherever you are whenever you want via our mobile-first platform.

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Our remote-first learning platform makes education accessible from wherever you are and provides the flexibility to learn regardless of your professional and personal commitments. Learn from wherever you are whenever you want via our mobile-first platform.

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Entrepreneur in Residence I in a Nutshell

12 months / 1 year

Build your own start-up

Limited cohort of 25 change makers

Starts on: 3rd of Apr 2023

7.000 GHC Salary

3 months education block, 9 months dev. block

International community

Full time

Next cohort for Scool of Impact Academy launches

Apr 3rd

Here are some dates to keep in mind for your
application as an Entrepreneur in Residence I
at the School of Impact Academy..

on 21st of Jan

starting 6th of Jan

on 6th of Mar

on 3rd of Apr 2022

Certificate

Upon successfully completing the the Education Blockh, you’ll receive a digital certificate that can be shared with your personal and professional networks

Your Impact Journey Starts Here

Frequently Asked Questions

Certainly the education block, partly the development block.

The part of the educational block that is conducted by Tomorrow University is 100% remote. However, the School of Impact Academy thrives on exchange and collaboration with peers. To achieve the best possible outcome and ensure full participation, most sessions will be held exclusively on-site.

The School of Impact Academy is open to change makers proficient in English, already involved in a good cause and who hold relevant professional experience. Please fill out the application form and share your LinkedIn profile and CV.

There is rolling acceptance which means we will be in touch with you within 2 weeks of submitting your application with the status.