• Capacity Development Provider
The Young Enterprise Scale-Up (YES) Programme is a unique five-year venture support and growth-acceleration program to identify, qualify and scale-up early stage companies in Africa. The YES Bootcamp is an intensive 2-day workshop in Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town and Johannesburg where SME co-founders and leaders are trained on how to design their ventures for scale.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Online / mobile
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Seat on the Board
    • Talent Placement
  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Needs assessment
    • Performance management
    • Value / supply chain development
    • Legal, accounting, other office services
    • Sector development
    • Governance structure
    • Due diligence
    • Investor matchmaking
    • Technology development or adoption
    • Media exposure
  • Investment Instruments

    • Equity
  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Invest Directly
    • Conduct research on the sector
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Health
    • Information and communication technology
    • Financial services
  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Social enterprise
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Accessibility
    • Rural communities
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Urban communities
    • Ethical sourcing
  • Impact objectives

    • Access to education
    • Agricultural productivity
    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Health improvement
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Sustainable energy
    • Access to information
    • Access to financial services
    • Access to energy
  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • Data analytics
    • FinTech
    • Software as a service (SaaS)
    • CleanTech
    • EdTech