Special Projects (Peach Cars)

Job Description

VENTURE FOR AFRICA

Venture for Africa offers a 3-month immersion program designed to immerse top local and global talent in the African startup ecosystem.

We enable experienced talent who might be new to the startup space or the particular market they’re looking to enter, to soft-land and gain context while working with a startup or venture fund that's hiring.

VFA FELLOWSHIP

Whether you're looking for your next challenge or planning a major career move, becoming a Venture for Africa Fellow gives you a unique opportunity to gain startup experience and local industry knowledge while contributing to meaningful impact at a leading African venture.

Are you ready to #TaketheLeap?

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HOW IT WORKS

• Get Matched: Apply and get matched with a VFA startup partner in your area of interest.

• Get Immersed: Spend 3 months in this role, during which you will be immersed in the local context, get plugged into the right networks, and get to understand market nuances.

• Get Working: Work on real project deliverables for your assigned startup while being paid a stipend.

• Get Hired: While full-time roles are not guaranteed, you are fast-tracked through ordinary application processes for available full-time roles with the startup after the experience.

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Startup Partner:Peach Cars

Peach Tech Limited aims to revolutionize the way cars are bought and sold across Africa.

They've launched a marketplace purpose-built to connect buyers and sellers of used cars in Kenya in new and exciting ways, but have their sights set on bigger and better things:

1. leveraging cutting-edge technology,
2. robust offline operations, and
3. customer service excellence

to build an ecosystem around buying, selling, owning and maintaining cars in Africa and prove to the African customer that they deserve - and can have - more!

Engagement Description

Peach Cars are at a unique point their the development and growth trajectory wherein they have a need for a skilled early to mid-career professional to join them to help scope out, prioritize and then execute on a number of strategic projects.

These projects will see the successful candidate working with the company's leadership as well as internal and external stakeholders to attempt to answer strategic questions and make a mark through the design, development, and implementation of systems and processes to enable Peach Cars to realize the growth they know is possible.

Sample Strategic Projects

- Referral program -

98% of Peach Car's sales come from referrals. They know this is a critical channel, yet they've never quite gotten a referral program to work the way it ought to. This project will entail working with internal and external stakeholders to identify and/or action:

• Challenges faced in the industry or geography
• International and local best practices, both in terms of operations and tooling
• Recommendation and implementation of a new program

- Registration as a valuer -

Vehicle valuation is a major source of revenue and, more importantly, a way for the team to build its brand vis-a-vis visibility and mindshare in the market. They are interested in becoming a certified valuer, to tack onto their offering of inspections-as-a-service, and believe they have all the requirements met, however, they need to confirm this and then action it, folding it into their operations, marketing/branding, etc.

This project will require one to:

• Fully understand requirements and process and manage on behalf of Peach
• Assess market opportunity and make a decision on whether the company should pursue this or not (at this point in time and/or ever)
• If so, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to register and implement this as a business line alongside standard operations

- People / talent development

- Knowledge management and documentation

Reports to: Co-founders