for social businesses in Kenya seeking to improve their resilience and scale their social impact.

Growth-stage businesses that seek to solve a social problem. We are looking for businesses that want to level up and become ready for investment. Social Businesses that seek to apply to the programme should be generating revenues of around US$250,000.
All costs for the programme are covered by Yunus Social Business.
Our short application form includes some basic financial information about your business and a short pitch. APPLY NOW!


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