Become a Mentor

WHAT IS BEING A MENTOR ABOUT?

You represent the Intentions Organization Start up Programme as an individual in your country and/or in a special industry (just like Fintech, Biotech, VCs, etc), overlapping countries or even regions, because of your immeasurable influence and experience within that specific part of the startup ecosystem. Mentors are the main drives for recommending the bests of their startup ecosystems, thus they have a tremendous influence on the future of the nominees and participants. (If you are willing to join as an organization, please consider joining as an Ecosystem Partner)

HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS

HERE you can find a detailed description of the competition framework.

  • You will be approved as a Mentor when you have finalized your applications process and fit the criteria of the particular category/categories you have been invited for.
  • You will be expected to recommend Entrepreneurs from your startup ecosystem through your exclusive access to the nomination platform, which will also allow you to easily nominate companies/individuals for any category and to track the progress of your nominees over the cohort season.
  • We would also ask your help to push your nominees to finalize their registrations, as nominated companies and individuals will only become contestants for the cohort when they accept the invitation and answer the questions for the category/categories they are willing to participate in
  • Take part in sharing information about the Intentions Organization eventsand news in your network.

What You Get

As an Mentor you will enjoy the following benefits, once your contribution is completed:

  • You will be part of an exclusive group that will represent your region as a national and local expert, where you will get a chance to have an impact by recommending who is going to represent the best of the region in West Africa.
  • Access to an exclusive, curated group of all active Mentors, Country Partners, and Ecosystem Partners from all around Africa to interconnect with each other and build your peer-to-peer network globally.
  • Access to the Intentions Organization Alumni network when the particular season is over, which comes with invitations to all Intentions Organization events around Africa.
  • You will receive an official certificate of Mentorship.
  • The best performing Mentor in each region will be interviewed for an article,to be featured on both regional and global news outlets and social media platforms.
  • The best performing Mentor in each region will have the opportunity to have a professional announcement delivered on the Intentions Organization social media channels.

We hope you are interested and excited to work with us and contribute to finding and connecting that next 1% globally.

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