Strategy Fellow
This is a remote position.
Harambeans Strategy Fellows
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Location: Global – remote with some travel to events in key markets.
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Total Duration: 12 weeks
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Position: Unpaid volunteer
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Dates : Ongoing recruitment cycles
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Time commitment: 10 hours per week.
About the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance
Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. Over the last decade, Harambeans have spawned a series of tech-enabled unicorns such as Andela, Flutterwave, andGo1, which have collectively raised over $2 billion from Google Ventures, CRE Ventures and Accel.
Learn More About Harambeans
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Harvard Business School Case Study on Harambeans
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Stanford Social Innovation Review Case Study on Harambeans
Harambeans Strategy Fellowship Role Description
Purpose of the role
Working directly with the Founder and Chair and as part of the core Dream Team, Harambeans is seeking strategy fellows to review, enhance and execute on the key strategic pillars of the Alliance. Drawing from the insights of theHarvard Business School Case Study on our Alliance, the aim of the Strategy Fellowship is to accelerate the growth of our entrepreneurial ecosystem through a meticulous analysis of our stakeholders, business model and researched-based proposals of the strategic pillars towards more sustainable and scalable impact. It is an opportunity to work with an exemplary core team as well as multiple African start-ups in different growth stages. Through the close interaction with the Executive Chair, select Trustees, Advisors and engagements (virtual, hybrid and in-person), you will have exposure and access to a global network of seasoned entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders working together to build the future of Africa.
The strategy fellowship program is unpaid.
Some of the perks of the fellowship include
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Exposure to the ecosystem of African entrepreneurs working across a diverse portfolio of sectors
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Interaction with the Alliance’s Guilds of investors, high networth families, and policy makers.
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Sponsored participation to key Harambeans gatherings
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Performance-based nomination to work with venture-backed and Harambean founded ventures post fellowship.
The ideal candidate
You excel at empowering everyone around you as you’ll be working directly with cross-functional team members both in-person and virtually across geographies. You will be supporting the successful iterations of the key Alliance strategies and activities including research and reporting. Time and again you will be asked to experience the hands-on activities of the Alliance that usually take the form of key event ideation, coordination and execution.
Areas of involvement
Harambeans Business model review & Executive Chair support
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Review theHarvard Business School Case Studyand propose scenarios to consider in planning ahead for the Alliance
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Form part of the Founder and Chair’s sounding board ecosystem, offering timely and informed insight across multiple subject matter areas aligned to the vision and mission of the Alliance and the broader ecosystem
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Support the Founder and Chair in preparing for engagements, virtually or in person. This may include reviewing agenda, preparing slides and talking points
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Speak confidently in settings ranging from large group events to meetings with a broad audience of stakeholders in the ecosystem.
Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement Strategies
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Conduct extensive research and analysis on current entrepreneurial ecosystem which includes innovators, investors, high networth families amongst others
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Develop/ update stakeholder engagement strategies
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Run a benchmark assessment of similar institutions and make recommendations most relevant to the Alliance
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Monitor the pulse of the Alliance through tracking industry news and trends and provide insight summaries for the Chair and broader Dream team
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Consolidate insights on Har