Cultivating Legacy: Empowering the Next Generation of Black SPO (Social Purpose Organizations)
The SETSI SPO Academy is a transformative, six-week online academy designed to nurture high-potential Black social entrepreneurs into investment-ready, sustainable ventures. The program addresses the systemic barriers faced by Black innovators, including access to tailored capital, networks, and markets.
Our mission is to provide the fertile ground for visionary ideas to take root and scale. Through a holistic, five-pillar ecosystem, we deliver:
Core Curriculum & Venture Design:
A rigorous 30-hour curriculum transforming social impact ideas into bankable business plans aligned with the SDGs.
Direct bridges to a global network of impact investors, development partners, and market opportunities.
Strategic guidance from accomplished social enterprise leaders, impact professionals, and peer cohorts.
Market & Capital Access:
Layered Mentorship
Applied Internships
Practical, venture-aligned internships to translate theory into credible, real-world experience.
Integration of essential digital tools and platforms to amplify impact and ensure competitiveness in the modern economy.
Digital Fluency & Technology
Operating as an intensive virtual cohort, the SETSI SPO Academy moves beyond training to create an enduring support ecosystem. We envision a future where Black-led social enterprises form a resilient forest of change, driving generational wealth and sustainable development.
You Are the Seed. We Are the Ecosystem.
This is more than a course, it's an incubation of legacy. We are cultivating a resilient forest of Black-led innovation, creating wealth and driving measurable community transformation.
