Challenge: 

Investor Matchmaking Service for Tanzanian Entrepreneurs

  • Aiming at inspiring and supporting Entreperneurs for National Development.

Submit your Plan Now!

  • NO Deadline for submission,
  • Plans to be reviewed in two weeks time,
  • Possibility of Getting Coaching to your Plan on First Come First Served!

UDEC in collaboration with BID Network is inviting innovative entrepreneurs with great business plans in touch with investors from all sectors. Approved plans receive feedback and are asked to present a complete business plan. Some plans are eligible for coaching. Finalists participate in the BiD Marketplace in Dar es Salaam on October 2008. At the event the entrepreneurs will be linked to potential local and international investors, banks, financial institutions and the public. UDEC is working out the possibility of awarding the best plans which will be communicated soon.

How to Submit your Business Plan for Potential Investor Matchmaking

To participate you must present your plan on the BiD Network by:

  1. First, check if you are eligible to participate by reading the participation criteria click on the yellow box 'Who can participate' on the right.
  2. Become a member of the BiD Network
  3. Create a profile in the BiD Network
  4. Complete the online business plan format

For a more detailed instruction click on the gray box 'How to present your plan' on the right.

After you start writing your plan you will have 14 days to complete and submit it. You can submit your plan by clicking on 'submit your plan' at the top or bottom of your plan. If you already have a complete business plan you can attach it to your business concept directly.

What happens after you submit your plan?

If your plan is accepted as potential plan for Matchmaking, you will receive an email from UDEC or BID Network Foundation within one month after the submission. In this email we will inform if you:

  1. Have been accepted as potential entrepreneur for Matchmaking services
  2. How to attach a complete plan to your online business plan format
  3. If you are eligible to receive a coach - Not guaranteed
  4. When and how the finalists will be selected - Should there be Prize awards

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact UDEC (click on the Tanzania Staff & Contact Details, on the box top right)

The Investor Matchmaking Service in Tanzania is organised by University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC)

"Stimulate sustainable economic development through entrepreneurship!"

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