About the Road to Growth online learning course
In 2022, the online course will be available to 200 women in Kenya.
The training course uses a custom-built ‘Road to Growth’ curriculum, which is structured around seven key themes:
- Connections: Developing a vision for your business and identifying steps to achieve it.
- Context: Knowing your market, understanding business positioning.
- Communication: Using digital marketing and e-commerce for business.
- Capacity: Analysing financial statements and improving profitability.
- Capital: Developing a financing strategy that supports the growth plan for your business.
- Character: Managing financial relationships, knowing your rights and responsibilities.
- Confidence: Building the confidence to apply for financing.
The Road to Growth programme requires a commitment of 8-10 hours per week.
This programme is most appropriate for women whose businesses are at the development and growth stage. The programme is not suitable for women running businesses at the start-up stage.
You can apply for Road to Growth if you:
- Are woman entrepreneur who owns a registered business in Kenya.
- Have 3-49 staff members
- Have a strong desire and commitment to grow their business.
- Have a need for additional investment and have had no previous commercial or institutional investment
- Have records of expenses and revenue (this could be in various formats).
- Have access to a laptop
- Are proficient in English
- Understand your product and your competition
- Understand your unit and your unit economics
Road to Growth’s unique curriculum
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SKILLS
Is tailored to meet the business development and financial literacy needs of women owners of small businesses.
NETWORKS
Equips women entrepreneurs with knowledge and skills to access capital and provides connections to financial institutions and peer entrepreneurs.
LEARNING JOURNEY
Offers a step-by-step “learning journey” towards increased confidence and capacities to succeed in business.
See what else participants have to say
Road to Growth has reached over 2,800 women across Kenya, Nigeria, Guyana, Mexico, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Road to Growth is a tried, tested and highly successful programme for women entrepreneurs looking to take their existing businesses to the next level. The programme has lasting impacts for women entrepreneurs; enhancing their business knowledge and confidence, creating growth, developing their networks and increasing their preparedness to access to finance to take their businesses to the next level.
100% of the women surveyed who completed Road to Growth Kenya in 2021 (between September and December) would recommend the training to their friends or network. 82% of the women who graduated were able to implement new business practices during or directly after their participation in the training; 69% grew their networks; and 75% improved their confidence in their ability to succeed in business.
Meanwhile of the women who participated in Road to Growth in Mexico, 100% gained a clearer vision and direction for their business, 98% became better at assessing their business’s financial health, 95% felt more confident in achieving a balance between business and family, and 98% valued the new business network they built through the programme.
Watch Lubet’s story to discover the impact of Road to Growth in Mexico:
Learn about the amazing journey of our Road to Growth Nigeria participants here:
Sinapis
Sinapis is a community of faith-driven entrepreneurs seeking to make disciples and alleviate poverty through the power of entrepreneurship in East Africa and beyond. At Sinapis, we empower entrepreneurs professionally and spiritually using training and a global support network so they can grow to the next level and transform the world around them. Our passion is small and growing businesses (SGBs) typically with 5 to 250 employees because these companies fuel the economy and account for 67-80% of new job growth. Their success goes far beyond the entrepreneur and brings employment and dignity to their community.
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women supports women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries to achieve their full potential, and works to close the global gender gap in entrepreneurship. Since 2008 the Foundation has directly supported over 175,000 women across more than 100 countries. Through programmes and advocacy, the Foundation enables women to start and grow successful micro, small and medium businesses. This opens doors to finance, markets, networks and more, so women can create better futures for themselves and their families, enable their communities to prosper, contribute to strong economies, and move the world in a whole new direction .
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Deutsche Post DHL Group employs approximately 570,000 people in over 220 countries and territories worldwide. The Group generated revenues of more than 66 billion Euros in 2020.
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