Mara Mentor

Mara Mentor is an online community that connects ambitious entrepreneurs with successful and experienced business leaders. The initiative encourages idea and knowledge sharing among Africa’s most promising young entrepreneurs, inspiring a collaborative approach to business start-up and growth. Mara Mentor has been created to empower Africa’s youth in their business endeavours, in recognition that they are the driving force behind the continent’s growth and future prosperity.
www.mentor.mara.com

Mentees
Mara Mentor is designed to enable, empower and inspire you whether you are a student, aspiring entrepreneur, business owner or just passionate about business. Join the community to raise questions, kick-start discussions and reach out for personalised advice on your business idea. Signing up will only take a few minutes so don’t delay and sign up now!
Mentors
Mara Mentors are successful business leaders with 5+ years experience, who own their business or work within a reputable company. If you have strong business skills, can problem solve and ask smart questions and are passionate about mentoring sign up today! Join the online community to share business tips and resources, get involved in discussions and offer one to one advice. We know how precious your time is so see how you can make a difference from just 9 minutes a week.
Mara Foundation
Mara Foundation is Mara Group’s social enterprise that focuses on supporting and encouraging emerging African entrepreneurs. Mara Foundation was launched in 2009 by Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group. Since its inception, the Foundation has scaled its programmatic focus and is now active in a number of countries across Africa.
Mara Foundation’s mission is to provide comprehensive support services including mentorship, funding and business training facilities to African entrepreneurs. Mara Foundation believes that these support services will play a crucial role in transforming business ideas into reality. These businesses will, in turn, create jobs for other Africans and help build an SME sector that can genuinely contribute to the development of both the local and pan-African economies.
Mara Foundation is also supported by a number of partners including EY (Ernst & Young), UN Women, Knowledge Gateway and IYEEP – Nigeria’s Integrated Youth Economic Empowerment Programme.