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case study — Tanzanie · 2025 → 2026

Kigoma Incubation Residency

A four-week incubation residency for 25 green economy entrepreneurs in Kigoma: masterclasses in Swahili, Lean Startup method, and 6 local coaches trained by co-facilitation at the SIDO centre.

client — Enabel offer — Ecosystems
T+00:00 — context

The SIDO innovation centre in Kigoma had an incubation model on paper, never yet tested. The assignment: make it operational with a first cohort, turning knowledge into concrete commercial results, and establish lasting local coaching capacity in living-lab mode.

cue — what we ran

What we delivered.

  1. 01Four-week incubation residency for 25 green and circular economy entrepreneurs
  2. 02Masterclasses in Swahili and hands-on workshops: Lean Canvas, MVP, market testing
  3. 03Market validation by every entrepreneur — a minimum of 3 customer interviews
  4. 04Training 6 local coaches through practice, co-facilitating with the Ovation team
  5. 05Closing Demo Day: the entrepreneurs' first public pitches
T+end — results

What came out of it.

17
entrepreneurs completing the full programme
6
local coaches now operational
15
first public pitches at the Demo Day
75%
engagement across the 20-day curriculum
T+next — anchor

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