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Expert-led training
Regular webinars, masterclasses and a structured bootcamp on business fundamentals, finance, marketing and mindset.
Good businesses
shouldn't die young
We're a youth-led social enterprise helping young entrepreneurs move from survival-mode businesses to sustainable, impactful enterprises through practical knowledge, mentorship, networks and opportunity.
Most young founders don't fail for lack of ambition. They fail because they're building alone, without the skills, the mentors or the networks that make the difference in the first few years.
So we bring those things together in one place. Masterclasses and bootcamps build the skills, mentors who know the local market guide the decisions, and a community that keeps going between sessions means no one has to start from zero.
Two founders, two countries, one goal
- Founded by
- Doreen ViviCo-founded by Solomon Ojalo
- Operating in
- Zambia & KenyaLusaka · Nairobi
- 2027 goal
- 1,000Entrepreneurs supported
60–70%
of businesses in Zambia and Kenya fail within three years. The gap isn't a shortage of training content. It's the absence of an ecosystem entrepreneurs can return to. That's what we build.
To build a generation of empowered African entrepreneurs creating sustainable businesses, jobs and social impact
- 01Survival
- 02Awareness
- 03Skill-building
- 04Community
- 05Impact
From survival to impact: the journey every programme is built around.
Three pillars
Everything we run stands on the same three things.
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Mentorship & guidance
One-to-one and group mentorship from practitioners who know the local business landscape.
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Community & support
An always-on peer network that keeps founders moving between sessions.
Builders at
every stage
Young entrepreneurs across Africa, with particular focus on young women and persons with disabilities, and the corporates, NGOs, universities and government agencies who want to back them.
The team
Doreen Vivi
Founder & CEO · Zambia
Built Vivi's Innovations from inside the community it serves. Drives community culture, curriculum design and founder relationships.
Solomon Ojalo
Co-Founder & Strategy Lead · Kenya
Kenya market lead with strategic research expertise. Drives expansion, partnerships and institutional relationships.
Staff
Damaless Kalui
Director
Janet S. Kalui
Director
Francis Tembo
Accountant