• Investor

Spark

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile societies into prosperity. SPARK offers a variety of business and entrepreneurship programmes around the world. We offer a range of options that enable local partner organisations to provide existing SME's and new entrepreneurs with all the tools they need to flourish.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Online / mobile
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Cohort or group support
    • Competitions / prizes
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • 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
    • Ideation
    • Sector development
    • Governance structure
    • Building M&E capacity
    • Technology development or adoption

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Financial services

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Accessibility
    • Advocacy
    • Rural communities
    • Gender inclusion
    • Youth entrepreneurs

  • Impact objectives

    • Access to education
    • Agricultural productivity
    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Access to information
    • Equality and empowerment
    • Access to financial services

  • Verticals

    • FinTech
    • Software as a service (SaaS)
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