Terms of Reference: Design and Facilitate the WOVEN Business Boot Camp

Light Up Hope seeks to empower youth through education, entrepreneurship, and economic strengthening interventions. In response to the increasing youth unemployment crisis in Kenya and the growing need for practical entrepreneurial skills among tertiary students and alumni, Light Up Hope intends to implement the WOVEN Business Bootcamp 2026.

We seek to engage a consultant to design and deliver a 3-day structured and intensive entrepreneurship bootcamp that equips participants with practical business skills, mentorship, and provides linkages to enterprise development opportunities. The bootcamp aims to support WOVEN beneficiaries in transitioning into self-employment and sustainable business ventures.

**Main Objective**

To unlock entrepreneurial competencies and harness business mindsets among WOVEN beneficiaries enabling them to create, manage, and expand sustainable profit ventures.

**Specific Objectives**

1. Train 50 selected participants on entrepreneurship and business development
2. Strengthen participants’ knowledge in financial literacy, budgeting, pricing, and enterprise management
3. Support participants to develop bankable business ideas and pitch decks
4. Facilitate a business pitch competition with startup incentives
5. Establish a post-bootcamp mentorship and incubation pathway

**Scope of Work:**

- Conduct pre-engagement needs assessment before the bootcamp
- Design a detailed 3 day business bootcamp curriculum aligned with the objectives above.
- Develop facilitator guides, lesson plans, and participant workbooks
- Develop learning outcomes for each training session.
- Design the business pitch competition structure including judging criteria and scoring plan.
- Facilitate the 3-day bootcamp using participatory and practical learning methods.
- Design monitoring and reporting tools including post-training follow-ups and coaching mechanisms.
- Submit a comprehensive training report capturing participant feedback, outcomes, recommendations, and proposed follow-up actions.

## **Methodology:**

The bootcamp should adopt a highly practical and participatory approach, including:

- Case studies and real business examples
- Group exercises and business simulations
- Mentorship clinics and peer learning
- Pitch coaching and feedback sessions
- Action planning for post-bootcamp implementation

**Consultant Qualifications:**

The ideal consultant or consultancy firm should have:

- Demonstrated experience in entrepreneurship training, business incubation, or youth enterprise development.
- Strong facilitation skills with experience delivering interactive bootcamps or business workshops.
- Knowledge of the Kenyan entrepreneurship ecosystem, including enterprise financing and incubation opportunities.
- Experience designing practical training curricula and mentorship programs.
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience.

**Proposal Requirements:**

1. Detailed concept note outlining the methodology and approach.
2. Proposed 3-day boot camp program design and curriculum.
3. Detailed program schedule for the 3 day business bootcamp.
4. Approach for coordinating the business pitch competition.
5. Actionable plan on how to link participants to enterprise development opportunities.
6. CVs or profiles of proposed facilitators and judges, including relevant qualifications and experience.
7. Detailed consultancy budget, including facilitation fees, preparation costs, travel (if applicable), and any other related expenses. Kindly note the organization will cater for the conference and accommodation costs during the residential training.
8. Referral contacts and relevant past assignments in entrepreneurship training or youth enterprise development.