- Role: Business Associate
- Organization: Kumasi Hive
- Location: Kumasi, Ghana
Kumasi Hive is a Tech Innovation Hub for rapid prototyping of ideas, budding local innovations, impact start-up support & promoting youth entrepreneurship as a way of addressing critical social economic and developmental challenges.
As a social enterprise, Kumasi Hive exists to support entrepreneurs and innovators of all types, and particularly to encourage social impact businesses and the development of innovative physical products and processing methods.
On a yearly basis, Kumasi Hive trains over 1000 youth to acquire competent and employable skills in both business and technical skills. We help build and support, on average, 50 social impact-focused startups and businesses with business supporting services. Using technology as an enabler, we also work across various sectors (health, agriculture, education, financial inclusion etc) to research, develop and scale appropriate solutions aiming creating sustainable development for local communities (Africans) and the world as a whole.
About You
Our mission is to raise a critical mass of active (youth) economic agents, leveraging on digital technology to build Strategic/Competent Skills, Create Jobs, and Develop Innovative Solutions/Enterprises towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
To help achieve this mission, as a social enterprise, business development and service delivery is seen as a key vehicle for increasing our impact and sustainable operation.
Responsibilities
Business Development Officer
- Developing and marketing new business models for the organization as a way for selling our services, acquiring new partnerships and securing funding
- Identifying funding and partnership opportunities for existing and new programs/projects
- Applying or leading the application for funding and partnership opportunities
- Engaging and Managing partnership relations for fruitful, satisfactory and effective relationship.
Business Accelerator Officer
- Manage, oversee and supervision the effective operation of the Business accelerator program.
- Serve as one of the chief mentor and advisor to businesses in the accelerator program.
- Build a mentor/advisor/experts network and Handle all relations and engagement with the businesses.
- Developing an effective progress and tracking system for businesses and mentors within the program.
- Managing investors network and relation.
- Assisting and supervising businesses to achieve their targeted goals and objectives as defined.
- As a service, generating income from recruiting new businesses to join the program.
- Prepare monthly report on the progress on the business accelerator program.
- Plan and organize training programs to cover areas for business development for both internal and external businesses.
Sound exciting? Here’s who we are looking for.
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Marketing, Finance or related field
- Passion for Business, technology and social impact.
- A good background in Business development and entrepreneurship
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Great leadership skills.
- Top-notch analytical skills — you must have an eye for detail!
- The ability to travel to meet clients, attend conferences and research new markets as needed.
- Demonstrated ability to understand the big picture
- Ability to deal with ambiguity, manage multiple priorities and juggle schedules
