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What ACT is about

ACT is a Human Centred Design and Entrepreneurship development organisation. Primarily, we seek to help entrepreneurs better understand their end users and grow their businesses more rapidly. Secondly, to assist youth to develop their skills through Human Centred Design (HCD). We provide an HCD Training and a separate Business Growth Program that includes business training, coaching, and access to capital.

Mission & Ambition

Our mission is to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Zimbabwe to catalyse economic development and fight unemployment.
Our ambition is to become a centre of excellence in entrepreneurship training recognised throughout Southern Africa.

Design Thinking Training Program

What is Design Thinking?

Design Thinking is a creative problem solving method pioneered by the Stanford School of Engineering that uses empathy at the heart of its process. The method empowers an individual or team to design tailor-made products, services, systems, and experiences that address real end-users needs.

The Training Program

If you are successful in your application to join the training program, and have paid the USD 50.00 fee (or equivalent), you will be invited to join the 2020 HCD Training Program. Classes will run from May 5th until May 29th 2020, on weekdays only, between 08:30 and 17:00. During the first two weeks of the program you will learn about the fundamentals of Human Centred Design and how it works. The training will equip participants with knowledge and practical experience on how to plan, run and synthesise a user-centred, participative research process. During the second two weeks and final part of the program, you will be placed in a team where you will apply the HCD skills you have acquired to solve some of our corporate partners' business challenges, and you will present your solutions to their senior team. This will give you an opportunity to apply your skills in the real world. Upon completion of the HCD Program you will be eligible for a paid internship as a HCD Researcher in the ACT Business Growth Program. Please note that this opportunity will be offered to the most promising participants only.

Programmes (Approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India)

PGDM (Dual Specialization)

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BBA

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B.Com Hons.

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Features

Placement

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Mentor Program

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ADMISSIONS

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Alumni Relations

Build better communities by becoming involved in shaping the future

Knowledge Center & Information Services

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FOREIGN COLLABORATION

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Our Business Growth Program

If your company is successful in its application to join the Business Growth Program, and your company has paid the USD 150.00 fee, your team will be invited to join the ACT 2020 cohort. The program will contain a series of bootcamps, some fieldwork and coaching.
The first bootcamp, starting on July 7th and lasting 3 days, will focus on design thinking, business modeling, social and pathways for growth. The second bootcamp, starting on July 29th and also lasting 3 days, will focus on developing your company's value proposition, prototyping and product development. The third bootcamp, which starts on September 29th and lasts 4 days, will focus on refining your company's product or service, and business fundamentals such as developing a business strategy and financial projections, just to name a few. Finally, the forth bootcamp will focus on implementation of strategic objectives and the program wrap-up.
During the course of the program, ACT in partnership with BDO Zimbabwe Chartered Accountants will facilitate a Financial Literacy workshop for entrepreneurs. Each company or entrepreneur will also be allocated an HCD researcher to support them with market research and product/service development.

Business Growth Program Benefits

  • Human Centred Design Methodology
  • Coaching
  • Access to Networks
  • Business Development
  • Inclusion Strategy
  • Promotion Events

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) ZIMBABWE

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) launched the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a new initiative supporting women entrepreneurs around the world. ACT in Africa, Portify investments and Maoko have partnered with the U.S Public Affairs Section in Zimbabwe to implement the program.

AWE, in support of the White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, will equip women with the practical skills needed to create sustainable businesses and enterprises. AWE Zimbabwe will be a four-month structured program geared toward all women from across Zimbabwe. Through an inclusive learning community, women from around the country will be given opportunities to explore the fundamentals of business, including creating business plans and raising capital, with the goal of building a better future for families and communities around the world.

Women participating in AWE will have access to DreamBuilder, an online course on women’s entrepreneurship. Participants will engage in facilitated lessons on business management and network with like-minded entrepreneurs and mentors in Zimbabwe and from the the United States.

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