Deadline: 15-Oct-22
The Tamkeen has announced the applications for Young Entrepreneur (Mashroo3i 2.0) Program to design for passion-driven young entrepreneurs with a viable business idea. It enables young Bahrainis with high potential to explore creative concepts and turn them into sustainable businesses.
Young entrepreneurs are the drivers of change in the Kingdom and so we will guide your entrepreneurial ventures by offering advisory, and financial support.
How They’ll Support You
- Young Entrepreneur (Mashroo3i 2.0) will provide individuals with a business idea, idea stage and early-stage start-ups with an intensive advisory program that will empower them to bring creative business concepts to reality through:
- Learning and consistently mastering entrepreneurial skills and capabilities
- The provision of tools to develop innovative concepts into a successful business model and company
- Items covered in the program:
- The advisory program finalists will be eligible for product development support against pre-set milestones which covers the following items in line with the outcome of the advisory:
- Machinery and equipment
- Marketing and branding
- Technology
- Product design and development
What do they offer?
- 100% subsidy for the Young Entrepreneur (Mashroo3i 2.0) advisory program for ideation, concept development and early-stage startup mentorship.
- For program finalists, items are covered 100% and paid to vendors, 70% is paid initially against approved items in line with the outcomes of the advisory, and incentive grant of 30% is paid upon achieving set.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program will accept applications from both teams and individuals who have an idea or are idea stage startups or early-stage startups. You are eligible for this program if you:
- Are a Bahraini national aged 16 to 30 years.
- Are a first-time entrepreneur with no active CR or a virtual CR or CR registered less than a year from application.
- You must be able to commit to the advisory program.
- Present high-level information of business idea.
For more information, visit https://www.tamkeen.bh/programs/young-entrepreneur-2/