From university labs to local farmlands, explore how our localized programs empower youth, women and entrepreneurs across Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa.
Support our work →A twelve-week entrepreneurship program of 40 training hours, built around a project-based curriculum that carried participants from financial planning through to investor-ready pitches.
Mentors’ Gate partnered with Imperial College London to apply research-grade entrepreneurship methods to a wicked problem: milk wastage and food insecurity among small-scale Zambian dairy farmers.
The team designed a scalable ecosystem of 100 kg mobile storage centers, conducted more than fifty on-the-ground stakeholder interviews, and developed a viable business model and educational framework — now backed by the Zambian government and seeking funding for implementation.
Beyond Zambia, IDEM rounds have reached students and entrepreneurs in Liberia, Cameroon, Egypt and Algeria.
A program built around the psychology of the woman entrepreneur, combined with sustainable agricultural and business training.
Naming the fears and social barriers that stop women from starting a business.
Using Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences to help each participant map her strengths.
Matching founder personalities to business strategy.
Three lessons, in the words of the entrepreneurs who finished the IDEM program.
“Business is not what to offer but how you offer. Sell the experience.”
Elswit Roberts“We shouldn’t just be idea gurus — always put the idea into operation.”
Jeff Mwila“Focus on what you need — everything else is a distraction.”
Juve Juvel JuvesterAs an early ecosystem leader, we fund places for founders at the events where partnerships, investors and markets are actually found.
We work alongside international development agencies, public institutions and socially committed companies to grow green tech, digital skills and locally led economic opportunity.