Entrepreneurship & Ecosystem Specialist

AAM Consulting is currently looking for experts for the “Recruitment of Consultancy firm to Conduct Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation Regulatory & Policy Environment Assessment and Develop Tailored Support Pathways for eight African Countries” project under the Smart Africa Alliance. The project is now at the bidding phase, and we are looking for experts interested in implementation and possessing all the qualifications and skills required for the positions.

Duration: The assignment is expected to be completed over 20 weeks, with activities implemented through parallel and staggered country workstreams to ensure efficiency and timely delivery across all target countries.

Location: Home-based + travel to target countries (Botswana, Ghana, DRC, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia)

Working Languages: English (mandatory) and French (advantage)

In line with the AEDIB 2.0 SO1, the purpose of this assignment is to engage a qualified consultancy firm to deliver:

•      A Country Assessment phase, focused on diagnosing regulatory, policy, and institutional bottlenecks affecting digital entrepreneurship in the countries covered by SO1 (Botswana, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, Senegal, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia).

•      A Tailored Support Pathways phase, focused on translating prioritised assessment findings into sequenced, actionable support interventions.

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Expertise required

 

Key expert 3:  Entrepreneurship & Ecosystem Specialist

 

Overall objective: Ensure systematic integration of entrepreneurs' voices and ecosystem perspectives throughout the assessment and recommendations.

 

Qualifications and skills required:

 

•      University degree in economics, business, entrepreneurship, development studies, or a related field.

•      Minimum 7 years of experience working with startups, MSMEs, innovation hubs, accelerators, or private sector organisations.

•      Demonstrated experience conducting entrepreneur-focused consultations, surveys, or qualitative research.

•      Strong understanding of practical challenges faced by entrepreneurs in regulatory compliance, digitalisation, access to finance, and markets.

•      Proven ability to translate qualitative entrepreneur insights into policy-relevant findings.

•      Experience working in African entrepreneurship ecosystems is required.

•      Having participated in at least two (2) similar projects.

To apply for the position, please submit your updated CV to lili.varga@aam.hu, preferably in WB format, by 21 January 2025. Please note that only qualifying experts will be contacted. ToR is available for further information on the assignment upon request.

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