A 12-Week Journey to Validation
This cohort-based experience blends expert-led training with hands-on execution and personalized mentorship.
Weekly Expert-Led Workshops
Action-oriented sessions where 60% of time is spent applying frameworks to your own venture—from refining your customer profile to building your first sales funnel.
Mentor Matching
You will be paired with a seasoned founder or operator who has successfully navigated the product-market fit stage. Receive tailored feedback and strategic guidance.
Peer Accountability Pods
Join a small group of founders for weekly check-ins, progress sharing, and mutual support—creating a culture of execution and resilience.
The Validation Milestone & Demo Day
Graduate by presenting your validated learning, traction metrics, and refined business model to a curated audience of mentors, angels, and ecosystem partners.
Curriculum: What You Will Accomplish
- MVP Performance Audit – Systematically evaluate what’s working and what’s not
- Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) Refinement – Move from assumption to evidence-based targeting
- Feature Prioritization & Roadmap Planning – Build what customers truly need
- Beta Launch Strategy & Execution – Plan and run a structured early-access program
- Metrics That Matter – Identify, track, and act upon your key validation metrics
- Unit Economics & Financial Foundations – Calculate projected CAC, LTV, and core profitability
- Business Model & Pricing Strategy – Test and refine how you create and capture value
- Pivot or Persevere – Learn when and how to iterate based on market feedback
- Sales Funnel Design – Build a repeatable process for acquiring early customers
- Payment & Operational Setup – Implement systems to transact and deliver reliably
- Fundraising Readiness Assessment – Evaluate if, when, and how to raise capital
- Scale Strategy & Investor Narrative – Prepare your story for growth and funding
Why This Program Is Your Essential Next Step
- Builds on What You’ve Already Created – Takes your MVP and turns it into a market-tested asset
- De-Risks Your Biggest Challenge – Shifts focus from can we build? to do customers want it?
- Delivers Tangible Outcomes – Finish with either validated traction or a clear, data-backed pivot plan
- Builds Founder Resilience – Provides tools and community to navigate the emotional journey of early validation
Program Details
- Start Date: Wednesday, 29th January 2026
- Duration: 12 Weeks
- Session Schedule: Thursday 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (EAT)
- Format: Live Online Workshops + Mentor Sessions + Peer Groups
- Program Fee: KSh 35,000
- Teki Innovation Scholarship: Awarded to successful applicants, reducing the participant fee to 50%
- Application Deadline: 20th January 2026
- Cohort Size: Limited to ensure high-touch engagement
Ready to Validate Your Venture?
This accelerator is designed for founders who are ready to do the work—not just learn the theory. If you have an MVP and the drive to find your market, we provide the structure, mentorship, and community to make it happen.