Venture Associate – SPARK Internship

About the role

The SPARK Internship offers a full‑time opportunity for a motivated Venture Associate to support enterprise development, venture incubation and market research across Kenya’s agribusiness sector. You will work closely with senior consultants to help MSMEs, farmer organisations and startups grow and become investment ready.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct business diagnostics and assessments for MSMEs, cooperatives and startups.
• Identify growth opportunities, develop business plans and enterprise action plans.
• Support venture incubation activities, including profiling high‑potential entrepreneurs and monitoring progress.
• Perform market research, value‑chain analyses and prepare opportunity briefs.
• Assist entrepreneurs in creating investment‑ready financial projections and documentation for investors and financial institutions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness Management, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Agricultural Economics, Innovation Management, Development Studies or a related field.
• Demonstrated interest in entrepreneurship, venture creation or enterprise development.
• Experience running a business, side‑hustle, startup or student enterprise is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and research abilities.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel
• PowerPoint

What we offer

• Full‑time internship with hands‑on exposure to venture creation and agribusiness development.
• Opportunity to work on real‑world projects alongside experienced consultants.