Building economic power
and operational excellence
Jengea Initiative creates pathways to financial inclusion and organizational sustainability for underserved communities in Kenya — through human-centered programs and purpose-built technology.
People-First Initiative
EPIC Initiative — Intersex Economic Empowerment & Resilience
A 24-month program equipping intersex individuals in Kenya with the skills, capital, and community to build sustainable economic futures.
- Social enterprise hub providing vocational training and business incubation
- EPIC Digital App connecting members to jobs, micro-finance, and advocacy tools
- Structured MEL framework with 3 SMART objectives tracking real-world impact
Operational Platform
Finance & Operations Platform
The financial management backbone powering mission-driven organizations — built for transparency, donor accountability, and operational scale.
- Live budgeting, expense tracking, and donor fund accounting in one dashboard
- Expanding into HR, procurement, compliance, and full admin operations
- Designed for NGO audit standards, accessible to any mission-driven org
The Jengea Model
Two products. One compounding mission.
Most organizations choose between serving people and building systems. We do both — and the two reinforce each other. EPIC creates the human outcomes funders care about. Our Finance & Ops Platform creates the organizational infrastructure that makes those outcomes provable, scalable, and fundable.
Together, they demonstrate a new model for community-led development: high-integrity programs running on high-integrity infrastructure.
EPIC Initiative
Skills, enterprise, digital access & advocacy for intersex communities
Finance & Ops
Transparent financial management that makes impact fundable
Projected Impact — 24-Month Programme
Intersex Economic
Empowerment &
Resilience Initiative
The EPIC Initiative builds economic independence, digital access, and community resilience for intersex individuals navigating systemic exclusion in Kenya.
A structured 5-phase rollout: Foundation → Build → Launch → Accelerate → Scale
The Context
A community facing compounding barriers
Intersex individuals in Kenya face intersecting forms of exclusion that compound into near-complete economic marginalization.
Workplace Discrimination
Systemic exclusion from formal employment based on gender nonconformity, leaving most without a sustainable income.
Limited Education Access
Interrupted schooling and exclusion from vocational programs reduces pathways to skills and economic participation.
No Financial Access
Identity document barriers prevent access to banking, credit, and micro-finance — the basic tools of economic agency.
Policy & Legal Gaps
Absent legal protections and policy frameworks leave intersex individuals without recourse or recognition.
A physical anchor for economic transformation
The Social Enterprise Hub is a community-managed space providing workspace, mentorship, equipment access, and a peer network. It becomes the institutional home for EPIC participants — a place to train, incubate businesses, and find community.
Two enterprises will be established within the hub in the first 24 months, generating both livelihoods and organizational revenue that builds long-term sustainability.
Technology that follows the participant
The EPIC Digital App extends the hub's support into every pocket. Participants access jobs, financial tools, learning modules, and advocacy resources — all through a platform designed for low-bandwidth environments and first-time smartphone users.
The app creates a data layer for MEL, enables remote program participation, and builds a digital community that outlasts the formal 24-month programme.
Programme Architecture
Four pillars. One integrated pathway.
Every component of EPIC is designed to reinforce the others — skills lead to enterprise, enterprise leads to financial access, financial access enables advocacy.
Skills & Vocational Training
Structured training programs in high-demand trades and professions, certified where possible, tailored to the Kenyan labor market.
Business Incubation
From idea to operation: structured support for participants launching micro-enterprises, including mentorship, grants, and market access.
Financial Literacy & Access
Practical financial education paired with warm referrals to partner micro-finance institutions, savings groups, and mobile money tools.
Advocacy & Inclusion
Building the policy case through community voice, participant testimony, media engagement, and formal submissions to legislative processes.
Digital Product
The EPIC Digital App — Six Core Features
Designed with and for the community it serves, the app puts six powerful tools in every participant's hands.
Job Board
Vetted inclusive employers posting opportunities. Participants can apply, track applications, and receive alerts.
Micro-Finance Gateway
Direct connections to partner MFIs, digital loan applications, and savings product comparisons.
Financial Literacy Hub
Bite-sized modules, budgeting tools, and calculators designed for first-time formal financial service users.
Skills Marketplace
Participants list their services and products; buyers can discover and commission work directly.
Advocacy Tools
Petitions, policy updates, reporting tools, and community campaigns — all in one place.
Community Network
A safe, moderated peer space for connection, mentorship matching, and community-led support.
24-Month Implementation
Five phases. Structured for success.
Each phase builds the conditions for the next. No phase begins until its predecessor's objectives are verified.
M1 – M3
Foundation
Stakeholder mapping, legal groundwork, team hiring, community onboarding & baseline data collection.
M4 – M8
Build
Hub setup, training curriculum development, app development with beta testing, partner agreements signed.
M8 – M12
Launch
First cohort training begins, app goes live, first enterprise registered, MEL system activated.
M13 – M18
Accelerate
Second cohort, enterprise revenue generation begins, advocacy campaigns launched, learnings documented.
M19 – M24
Scale
Replication assessment, sustainability model validated, handover to community governance, next-phase planning.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
How We Measure Success
Our MEL framework combines quantitative tracking with qualitative community voice — because numbers alone can't capture transformation.
SMART Objectives
OBJECTIVE 01
By Month 18, at least 60 intersex individuals complete vocational training under EPIC, with 70% demonstrating measurable skills improvement on standardized assessment.
OBJECTIVE 02
By Month 20, at least 2 participant-led social enterprises are legally registered and generating revenue, with gross income tracked monthly through our Finance Platform.
OBJECTIVE 03
By Month 24, the EPIC Digital App has 300+ active users, with 40% having accessed at least one financial service through the Micro-Finance Gateway.
Sustainability & Partnerships
Built to outlast the grant
EPIC's sustainability model diversifies revenue and embeds community ownership from day one.
Grant Funding (Primary)
International and local foundations providing core operational and programme funding for the 24-month period.
Enterprise Revenue
Income generated by the two social enterprises feeds directly into programme sustainability post-grant.
Digital Platform Licensing
The EPIC App infrastructure can be licensed to partner organizations, creating a recurring revenue stream.
Implementing Partners
Local NGOs, CBOs, and international development organizations co-delivering components of the programme.
Financial Institutions
Partner MFIs providing favorable micro-loan products and financial literacy resources to EPIC participants.
Vocational Institutions
Training providers offering certified skills programs, industry connections, and employment referral networks.
Fund the initiative that changes trajectories
Every shilling invested in EPIC creates economic agency, community resilience, and documented, measurable impact.
Partner with EPIC →The finance & operations backbone for mission-driven organizations.
A purpose-built platform enabling NGOs and social enterprises to manage budgets, track donor funds, and demonstrate financial integrity — without enterprise-software complexity.
// What it does today
Finance management, fully operational.
- Budgeting & financial planning by programme and donor fund
- Expense tracking with approval workflows and receipt capture
- Donor fund accounting with ring-fenced reporting
- Audit-ready reporting templates for international funders
- Real-time spend dashboard for management oversight
// Where it's going
Full operations suite — expanding in phases.
- HR & payroll management with statutory compliance
- Procurement & supplier management with tender workflows
- Asset register and depreciation tracking
- Compliance & legal obligation management
- M&E integration for outcome-linked financial reporting
Platform Architecture
Core modules — built for NGO reality
Every module designed around how civil society organizations actually work: multi-donor, multi-programme, multi-currency, high-accountability.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Multi-year, multi-donor budget creation with variance alerts and rolling forecasts.
LiveDonor Fund Tracking
Ring-fenced fund accounting ensuring donor conditions are met and reportable.
LiveExpense & Approvals
Multi-level approval workflows, mobile receipt upload, and payment reconciliation.
LiveReporting & Audit
One-click donor reports, audit trail exports, and compliance dashboards.
LiveProcurement
Supplier registration, purchase orders, tender management and spend analytics.
BuildingHR & Payroll
Employee records, leave management, statutory deductions and payslip generation.
BuildingAsset Register
Equipment tracking, depreciation schedules, maintenance logs and audit tags.
PlannedCompliance & M&E
Regulatory obligations tracker with M&E data integration for outcome reporting.
PlannedWhy it matters for funders
Three outcomes that change the funding conversation
When an organization runs on our platform, funders get more than a grantee — they get a partner with verifiable, real-time financial integrity.
Transparency
Every shilling is tracked to its donor fund and programme line. Audit-ready reports are available at any time, not just at year-end. Funders gain real-time visibility without requesting manual reports.
Operational Efficiency
Organizations using structured finance platforms reduce administrative overhead significantly. That means more resources flow directly to programme delivery — a metric every funder cares about.
Scalability
A finance system that scales with the organization means growth doesn't break operations. Funders backing scale-up don't need to budget for a parallel finance system overhaul.
Product Roadmap
Finance → Operations → Full admin suite
A phased expansion that builds proven foundation before adding complexity.
Phase 1 — Now
Core Finance
Budget management, donor accounting, expense tracking, approvals, and audit reporting. In production.
Phase 2 — 2025
Operations Layer
HR, payroll, procurement, and asset management modules. Currently in active development.
Phase 3 — 2026
Full Admin Suite
Compliance tracking, M&E integration, multi-organization licensing, and API connections to sector tools.
Phase 4 — 2027
Sector Platform
A shared infrastructure model for multiple civil society organizations across East Africa.
See it running. Then decide.
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