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Educate! works to transform education in Africa to teach youth to solve poverty for themselves and their communities. Educate! provides youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness along with mentorship to start real businesses at school. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.

Candidate Profile

  1. The person we are looking for is young (age 19 – 24) and meets the following criteria:
  2. Entrepreneurial: Runs a small enterprise or has a small business idea (driven by local resources and meeting the needs of local people)
  3. Leadership: Can facilitate trainings; has leadership experience in a school, with youth or in their community
  4. Qualifications: Form 4 graduate; diploma or degree student.
  5. Personal qualities: Able to mentor and motivate other young people to solve local problems, excellent time manager, confident, dynamic, charismatic, reflective and open-¬‐minded, and gifted with great interpersonal skills

This unique training is open to only 20 participants from Nairobi and Thika regions (Indicate on the application where you are based). Outstanding participants who successfully complete the training will compete for the available 8 slots in the YBE program.

Method of Application

To apply, submit a 1-¬‐page application letter and a summary of your business project (no more than 1 page). Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until filled. Email your application to: [email protected]

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Educate! works to transform education in Africa to teach youth to solve poverty for themselves and their communities.

Educate! provides youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness along with mentorship to start real businesses at school. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.

In 2016, we worked in 100 schools in Rwanda and 397 secondary schools in Uganda, reaching over 240,000 students. Our model was proven to have massive impact in a randomized controlled trial. Graduates earned DOUBLE the income of a control group and had a 64% increase in business creation. Our graduates change their lives and their communities, such as Lillian Aero who employs over 100 AIDS-affected women.

In 2012, Educate! partnered with Uganda’s government to integrate curriculum and a student business club structure into Uganda's entrepreneurship course nationally, and in 2015 we began serving as a technical advisor to Rwanda on their national curriculum reform.

Educate!’s team includes 100 staff and over 140 volunteer youth mentors. We have been backed by top foundations such as MasterCard, Big Bang Philanthropy, Mulago, Echoing Green, Ashoka and Global Innovation Fund. Educate! won the 2015 WISE Awards, and was featured by Forbes 30 under 30, Clinton Global Initiative and The Brookings Institution.

Educate!'s Vision for 2024 is to measurably impact 1 million students, and reach 4 million students more broadly, across Africa each year.

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0 USD Nairobi CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Educate!

Educate! works to transform education in Africa to teach youth to solve poverty for themselves and their communities. Educate! provides youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness along with mentorship to start real businesses at school. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.

Candidate Profile

  1. The person we are looking for is young (age 19 – 24) and meets the following criteria:
  2. Entrepreneurial: Runs a small enterprise or has a small business idea (driven by local resources and meeting the needs of local people)
  3. Leadership: Can facilitate trainings; has leadership experience in a school, with youth or in their community
  4. Qualifications: Form 4 graduate; diploma or degree student.
  5. Personal qualities: Able to mentor and motivate other young people to solve local problems, excellent time manager, confident, dynamic, charismatic, reflective and open-¬‐minded, and gifted with great interpersonal skills

This unique training is open to only 20 participants from Nairobi and Thika regions (Indicate on the application where you are based). Outstanding participants who successfully complete the training will compete for the available 8 slots in the YBE program.

Method of Application

To apply, submit a 1-¬‐page application letter and a summary of your business project (no more than 1 page). Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until filled. Email your application to: [email protected]

2017-03-10

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