Kraft Lillestrøm

If you are interested in starting or growing your own business, or securing relevant employment, then the Kraft entrepreneurial and startup program is right for you!

workshops:

June 3 – June 14| 2024

Kraft Lillestrøm

If you are interested in starting or growing your own business, or securing employment, then the Kraft entrepreneurial and startup program is right for you!

June 3 – June 14| 2024

Entrepreneurial and employment Training Program

Entrepreneurial training program KRAFT is an actionable solution to the employment and professional development challenges that immigrants and people from underrepresented backgrounds face in Norway. Through the Kraft program, participants will receive the tools, resources and network needed for sustainable professional development and personal empowerment.

KRAFT workshops will take place in Lillestrøm from 3 June – 14 June 2024 followed by a 6-month-long mentorship program.

The program is organised by Diversify in collaboration with Kunnskapsbyen Lillestrøm and Business Lillestrøm.

Joining Kraft will give you the opportunity to meet and connect with new people, expand your network and find a supportive community to help you thrive in your entrepreneurial endeavours.

Entrepreneurial training program KRAFT is an actionable solution to the employment and professional development challenges that immigrants and people from underrepresented backgrounds face in Norway. Through the Kraft program, participants will receive the tools, resources and network needed for sustainable professional development and personal empowerment.

KRAFT workshops will take place in Lillestrøm from 19 June – 30 June 2023 followed by a 6-month-long mentorship program.

The program is organised by Diversify in collaboration with Kunnskapsbyen Lillestrøm and Business Lillestrøm.

Joining Kraft will give you the opportunity to meet and connect with new people, expand your network and find a supportive community to help you thrive in your entrepreneurial endeavours.

All Courses Taught in English

Free of Charge for Participants

Internship Opportunity at Business Lillestrøm

Prizes for Top Companies

All Courses Taught in English

Internship Opportunity at Business Lillestrøm

Free of Charge for Participants

Prizes for Top Companies

Register for the course

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Share your skills and knowledge and make a positive impact in the life of an immigrant in Norway

BECOME A MENTOR  and share your skills and knowledge and make a positive social impact by mentoring an immigrant through their integration process into Norwegian working life.

Mentorship is a proven method to ensure that people build self-reliance and leadership skills. Through mentorship, future entrepreneurs can be encouraged and empowered to identify and achieve their career goals, while increasing their confidence and gaining a broader business and personal perspective. The mentorship relationship is beneficial for both the mentor and mentee, as it expands and enriches their viewpoints and breaks barriers.

Mentors will provide guidance, give advice and share their experiences to help their mentees start, grow and develop their businesses as well as grow as entrepreneurs.

The KRAFT Mentorship Program will last for six (6) months, starting in June and concluding in December 2023. Each KRAFT participant will be paired with a primary mentor, who they will meet with on a monthly basis for six months (adding up to 6 meetings altogether).

Experience sharing, tips and best practices from their own journeys
Advice in a strategy, marketing, operations, sales, digital marketing, etc
Assistance with solving business problems
Motivation in difficult times
Help to establish goals
Accountability partner
Identify business, resource and funding opportunities
Networking

If you are interested in joining KRAFT as a mentor, fill in this interest form and we will contact you shortly.

Workshop Facilitators

Chisom Udeze

Chisom Udeze

Founder of Diversify, HerSpace & Mettle Consult

Hyacinth Walters-Olsen

Hyacinth Walters-Olsen

Founder of YUDconsult

Meryn Zumbo Willets

Meryn Zumbo Willets

Leadership and Strategy Consultant

Ateh Atabong

Ateh Atabong

Business Development Manager, Pharma and Healthcare at DSV

Ka Man Mak

Ka Man Mak

Founder of The Oslo Desk

Carl-Johan Sylvan

Carl-Johan Sylvan

IT COnsultant at Netlight Consulting

Sara Pestana

Sara Pestana

Founder of Humans for Humans

Dejan Antic

Dejan Antic

Junior Developer at Storebrand

Kim-Andre Nikolaisen

Kim-Andre Nikolaisen

Claims & Service Manager at Heidenreich; Founder of TechUp

Become a mentor

To join us as a mentor at Kraft program please fill the form

Chisom Udeze

Founder of Diversify, Diversify Consult, HerSpace & The Annual

Chisom is an Economist, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission, The United Nations, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants, resources, production, technology, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems, interprets data, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research.

Having lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people, and thrives in uncertain environments.

As the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult, Chisom and her team work with companies, institutions, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition, in 2022, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond.

In 2020, she founded HerSpace, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022, HerSpace launched HerTech, Women in Tech incubator, for women-led companies, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. 

Chisom is a thought-leader in DEIB and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She writes often on DEIB and justice related topics, some of her work is published on Forbes.

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