Templates and guides you can use today.
Practical material drawn from the engagements we run. Free to download and use in your own business.
Start from a structure, not a blank page.
Business plan template
Document
The section structure we use on client engagements, with prompts for what each part needs to answer.
Financial model template
Spreadsheet
Revenue, costs, capital expenditure and cashflow, wired together so changing an assumption updates the projection.
Human-centred design starter toolkit
Document
Discovery and validation exercises for testing an idea with the people it is meant to serve.
Longer reads.
How to validate your business idea in African markets
Getting to a real answer about demand before you commit money to the assumption.
The complete guide to raising capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
What investors in the region actually ask for, and how to be ready before the first meeting.
Human-centred design for social impact
Designing programmes with participants rather than for them, and measuring whether it worked.
Pick the track that fits you.
First-time founders
Start with idea validation and the business plan template, then build the model once demand is evidenced.
Growing SMEs
Start with the financial model and the cashflow guidance, then use Biz Wizard to keep it current.
NGO leaders
Start with the human-centred design toolkit and the Theory of Change material.
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