East Africa Market Development Associates (EAMDA)
Consulting + 2 more
Description
Education
Bachelor's degree in:
- Entrepreneurship
- Agribusiness Management
- Business Administration
- Economics
- Commerce
- Finance
- Agricultural Economics
- Innovation Management
- Development Studies
- Or a related field
- Demonstrated interest in entrepreneurship, venture creation, or enterprise development.
- Experience running a business, side hustle, startup, or student enterprise is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to conduct market research and interpret business information.
- Basic financial analysis and business planning skills.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and digital productivity tools.
- Interest in agriculture, agribusiness, innovation, investment, or international development.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Development & Business Advisory
Enterprise Development & Business Advisory
- Support business diagnostics and assessments for MSMEs, farmer organizations, cooperatives, and startups.
- Assist entrepreneurs in identifying business growth opportunities and operational improvements.
- Support the development of business growth plans and enterprise action plans.
- Conduct basic financial and operational assessments to identify business constraints.
- Support the identification and profiling of high-potential entrepreneurs and enterprises.
- Assist in delivering business incubation and acceleration activities.
- Support entrepreneurs in validating business ideas, refining business models, and developing market-driven solutions.
- Monitor enterprise progress and document key milestones and lessons learned.
- Conduct market research to identify emerging business opportunities, market trends, and investment opportunities.
- Support value chain analyses and market assessments.
- Collect and analyze market intelligence to inform enterprise development interventions.
- Prepare market briefs and opportunity reports.
- Support entrepreneurs in developing investment-ready business plans.
- Assist in preparing financial projections, costing models, and business cases.
- Support enterprises to improve access to finance by preparing documentation for investors, SACCOs, financial institutions, and development partners.
- Contribute to investor profiling and enterprise matchmaking activities.
- Support the organization of entrepreneurship forums, business networking events, investor engagements, and enterprise development workshops.
- Assist in building relationships with ecosystem partners including incubators, accelerators, financial institutions, buyers, and technical experts.
- Support market linkage initiatives between enterprises and commercial partners.
- Collect enterprise performance data and track key business indicators.
- Support preparation of case studies, success stories, and learning briefs.
- Document enterprise innovations, lessons learned, and emerging best practices.
- Contribute to programme reporting and knowledge products.
- Work closely with programme teams to support enterprise development activities across different value chains.
- Contribute to proposal development, research assignments, and strategic initiatives where required.
- Perform other venture development and business support assignments as assigned.
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