Emerging Market Leadership & Strategy Program

A 10-week executive experience to reshape how you lead and expand into Africa and other high-growth markets with precision, confidence, and insight.

“Designed to turn market curiosity into conviction, and conviction into action.”

Scale Your Company

Apply proven strategies to grow your business in high-potential emerging markets.

Lead With Clarity

Build the skills and mindset to navigate unfamiliar markets with clarity and authority.

Make Confident Market Moves

Know when, where, and how to act with structure, data, and local insight behind every decision.

Scaling a Business in your home country is hard.
Global Expansion is even harder, when not prepared.

Expanding into an emerging market sounds exciting. But success takes more than ambition, it requires a new kind of leadership.

To succeed, you must scale your perspective, adapt your strategy, and rethink how you approach risk.

 

And the odds are stacked against you…

 

The reality? Going in unprepared is costly  and often avoidable.

The EM Leadership & Strategy Program is built to flip the odds in your favour.
A curated experience for leaders who want to explore new markets with clarity, not chaos and act with confidence when the time is right.

The Emerging Market Leadership & Strategy program is the answer.
An affordable world-class accelerator built to elevate your company, leadership, and expansion into emerging markets.

A strategic immersion designed to help you confidently enter Africa and other high-growth markets.

The Emerging Market Leadership & Strategy program is an 10-week, cohort-based program built for global executives, founders, and investors exploring expansion into emerging economies. It combines real-world market insights, expert coaching, and practical strategy to help you move from curiosity to clarity and from clarity to action.

Through a powerful blend of curriculum, mentorship, and community, you’ll develop the tools to design your market entry plan, de-risk your first moves, and lead with conviction in unfamiliar terrain.
This is not a course it’s a launchpad for smart, high-stakes decisions.

Who It's For

C-suite leaders, founders, investors, and operators exploring emerging markets and seeking clarity, structure, with trusted guidance.

This program is for you if you:

  • > Are exploring market entry into Africa and other emerging markets
  • > Need a practical roadmap before committing capital
  • > Want access to high-trust local networks and vetted advisors
  • > Want deep local insights in your respective industry
  • > Prefer clarity over guesswork

What You'll Gain

Local Intelligence, Curated for Leaders

Gain access to region-specific briefings, sector overviews, business culture insights, and economic forecasts delivered by local operators, not textbooks.

Strategic Readiness Workshops

We walk you through customer segmentation, competitor benchmarking, legal setup options, and define your market entry playbook.

Embedded Connections

Cohort-based peer interaction, facilitated 1:1 sessions with key stakeholders, industry leaders, and pre-vetted service providers. Implement proven strategies and frameworks that drive sustainable business growth whilst expanding.

Upskill for Expansion

Access Lissom’s internal frameworks, regulatory checklists, and financial models to evaluate expansion paths (greenfield, JV, acquisition).


Last, You won’t be doing this alone.

You’ll join a curated cohort of CEOs and executives navigating the same expansion challenges — learning from each other, sharing sharp insight, and growing together.

While fully remote, the program is highly personalised — every session, resource, and touchpoint is designed to help you move forward with clarity.

The result? A go/no-go decision and a strategic roadmap to act with conviction.

Grounded in over a decade of advising executives and investors expanding into Africa and other high-growth regions, this program offers a structured, insight-led approach to market entry, minimizing risk, accelerating learning, and unlocking real opportunities.

Next Cohort: LATE FALL 2025 Apply early Space is limited to maintain quality