UPG Biashara is an initiative that supports entrepreneurs in their journey to turn ideas into businesses. This includes growing and strengthening existing enterprises.

Biashara is a Kiswahili word for “business” and it emphasizes the fact that with this initiative UPG is supporting entrepreneurs and all those looking to create impact through business.

The best part is it is completely FREE for the selected entrepreneurs.

What we are looking for:
Anyone who is running a business or dreams of running a business one day.

Diversity among UPG Biashara Entrepreneurs
UPG Biashara Entrepreneurs include:

- people who are running a business or who have run businesses in the past
- people who have an idea about a business that they would love to build AND people who have NO specific IDEA
- people from all world regions
- people aged 18 years and over on 1 October 2021
- people of different levels of education
- people who have a strong motivation to learn or to learn more about entrepreneurship
- people who believe in UPG’s mission to empower people to make the world a better place through positive action.

Finally this diversity means that everyone stands a chance when we make the selection of the final UPG Biashara Entrepreneurs. Please note that your age is minimum 18 years on 1 October 2021. This ensures that all participants are considered adults for the duration of the cycle, from application to selection and throughout the entire UPG Biashara experience.

Evaluation Guidance:
The evaluation is done by reviewing the following sections of your application:
A. Profile / Background - who are you? This helps us to achieve diversity.
B. Motivation - we want the most motivated candidates
C. Ability - we want those whose ability is compatible with their motivation
D. Business Idea - we want those who are running a business or who dream of running a business one day. You do NOT lose any points if you have no business idea. But if you have a Business IDEA OR an actual business that you are running, then you get EXTRA points. Please note that most financial opportunities will support entrepreneurs with business ideas. Please don't worry, because of what we are looking for (described above), we will also select some people with "no business idea", however your chances are stronger if you are running a business or have a business idea.
E. Expectations - To ensure that we can build the programme and match the candidates that the programme can support.

As part of this application, it is strongly recommended that you submit a short video (maximum 90 seconds) to answer any of the questions from any section above or to tell us more about yourself.

Among other things, the video helps us evaluate your communication skills. You may submit your video by including a link to the video in the application now (there is a section in the application for this). Or you may complete the application first and mention that you will do the video later. And then submit a link to your video here: https://upglive.org/sharecontent. For your video to be considered it must be submitted by the deadline.

Applications for #UPGBiashara Open till 31 Dec 2021

You can learn more about UPG Biashara here https://biashara.unitedpeople.global/

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