London Business School and Grow Movement to support SMEs in Rwanda.
Apply today to get an opportunity to work and network with London business school expert consultants.
About London Business school
London Business School is one of the world’s elite business schools. We shape business practice and transform careers across the globe. Our academic strengths drives original and provocative business thinking, empowering our people to challenge conventional wisdom in a truly unique academic environment.
ABOUT GROW MOVEMENT
Grow Movement is a UK based social enterprise founded 12 years ago with operations in Africa, US, and Asia.
Grow Movement partners with the top international business professionals from some of the best business schools in the world like London business school, London School of Economics, Chicago Booth School of Business, cooperate companies and consulting management firms like Linklaters, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), individual private consultants, coaches and mentors from all over the world leveraging global skills, experience, resources and networks to build opportunity for local entrepreneurs across continents.
Small businesses play a key role in generating jobs, creating wealth, and providing critical products and services, yet they were among the most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
About Digital for Impact programme:
This is experiential learning initiative created brought to you by London Business School and Grow Movement in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is designed to be a fully virtual experience through which some of the brightest London Business School student consultants volunteer to work with and support SMEs to deliver tangible business solutions and recommendations to help you grow and pivot your enterprise.
The programme features the following:
- 5-week projects designed to help your organisation address its challenges in a post Covid-19 world
- Project teams of 5 business consultants working as your personal consultants to solve your business challenge or deliver an opportunity at hand.
- Guidance from top London Business School faculty professors and teams
- Access to local contacts of the Grow Movement network
- Complementary plenary lectures and skill session to highlight local challenges that impact the business environment
- At London Business School we pride ourselves in our community spirit, which spans across the globe. By putting our brightest minds to task we can respond to this global crisis in a responsible, sustainable, and innovative way. This programme presents student consultants with a unique opportunity to demonstrate how their skills can have a positive impact following the crisis and to learn from businesses and apply their knowledge to help small business grow.
What are the Programme benefits?
- An opportunity to work with London business school (LBS) diverse cohort of high-achieving business professionals with up to 15 years working experience to help your business pivot and grow.
- One-on-One customized business consulting and coaching specific to your business and individual needs.
- An opportunity to work with business consultants from all over the world, representing a broad spectrum of business and cultural backgrounds.
- Engage with a diverse group of talented business consultants who will support you in developing and shaping the strategies of businesses in today’s world
- Benefit from the fresh perspectives of student consultants who are equipped with the latest practical theories, tools and techniques and guided by top LBS faculty.
- In addition, you will also become part of London Business School’s extensive network, alumni and corporate partners, helping you to develop your own network and raise awareness of your organisation as a potential employer and partner.
- Programme Certificate from London Business School
What are the requirements?
- Business should be in Rwanda or Uganda
- Business should have 5 employees and above
- Applicant should be fluent in English, have access to great internet and computer
- Able to access Virtual communication tools like Zoom, Webex and others
- Any business sector but should have a digital related opportunity or challenges need help to work on and implement
- Dedicated to improving your business and able to outline a specific business challenge or project for the duration, related to the “Digital for Impact” theme.
- Being open and honest with your business consultant teams.
- Committed to completing all the sessions with your business consultant teams.
- Being on time, attending online consulting and coaching sessions and completing the programme.
Application
- Application form here: https://bit.ly/3CH2vil
- More information about the programme here: https://bit.ly/2VSPl0X
- Application deadline; 26th August 2021
- Apply today, selection will be done on a rolling basis. Only limited space available.
Contact us
Do not hesitate to contact us via violet.kobusingye@growmovement.org
Call/Text/WhatsApp us on +250781822
