Sustainability Hub Acceleration Program for young entrepreneurs (SHAPE) is one -year startup acceleration program developed by Sustainability Hub in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable and with support from Bread for the World (Germany) for  startups in the sustainable energy and climate-smart agriculture sector in Ghana.  The program is designed to support startups and SMEs scale their business, make it investment ready  while developing entrepreneurial acumen, leadership and managerial skills. Startups will be supported to put their company's growth plan in place, allowing them to focus on the implementation of set interventions in line with businesses ambition to scale and access external capital.

ELIGIBILITY
The main target groups for this year cohort, are women and youth with climate-smart business ideas in Energy, Agriculture, Water and Sanitation between the ages of 18 to 40.

BENEFITS
Two(2) months tailor-made bootcamp with the aim of helping beneficiaries to build a thorough understanding of all the components of their business from refining of business models, market development, business financials and other business developments support as well growth hacking strategies.

Four(4) months investment readiness program with tailored value-addition support for the businesses to get comprehensive, implementation-ready growth plans and strategy documentations.

Three(3) months post-acceleration business mentorship workshops with seasoned corporate leaders and  a peer exchange visits to experienced entrepreneurs.

 Access to funding and investors.