It starts with courage. And opens into possibilities.
You have the gift, the heart, and the dream of a school of your own. Duara brings everything else — and walks every step with you.
A school of your own — and a sisterhood around you.
As a Duara School Entrepreneur, you build and run your own microschool, serving the families of your community. More than a school of your own, you become part of a sisterhood of women creating change — one microschool at a time.
You bring the gift. We bring everything else.
You bring the gift. We bring everything else.
The training, curriculum, tools, coaching — and the capital to open your doors.
You teach. We carry the rest.
An AI-powered platform and the Duara Hub handle admin, finance and operations.
It becomes truly yours.
As your school grows strong, you repay what it cost to launch — and you become the owner.
You don't need money, or a plan, or to do it alone. You need the courage to begin.
Three ways we walk beside you.
Incubator
A focused journey that equips you with the skills, mindsets, operations and coaching to launch — alongside a cohort of teachers chasing the same dream.
Seedling
Everything to plant and grow your school: learning approach, curriculum, tools, systems, and the support functions that handle admin so you can focus on children.
Community
Your lasting support system — continuous coaching, growth opportunities, and a sisterhood of School Entrepreneurs who have your back.
A partnership, written down.
Every School Entrepreneur and Duara sign a Mutual Commitment Charter — a living agreement of trust, support and shared ownership. This is the heart of it.
- ✓Training, coaching and the playbooks to launch and run your school
- ✓The capital to open and sustain it — invested in the school, recovered only once it's profitable, never a personal loan
- ✓A world-class curriculum, plus the tools, technology and AI that carry the admin
- ✓The hard parts held for you — accounting, compliance, safeguarding and quality
- ✓A coach beside you, and a sisterhood around you in the SE Collective
- ✓A real path to owning your school — and a stake in the Collective as you grow
- →Lead your school the Duara Way — learner-centred, safe, and true to our shared values
- →Grow a healthy, sustainable school, with fees that stay accessible to your community
- →Use the tools, and share your data openly, so the whole Collective can learn
- →Engage parents and your community as real partners
- →Recover the capital from your school's surplus, so the next teacher can begin
- →Mentor those who follow, and help the Collective grow
A living document — refined together with the School Entrepreneur Collective.
We'd love to meet you if you…
- ✓Have dreamed of starting your own school, but didn't know where, how, or with whom to begin
- ✓Have an entrepreneurial spirit and the humility to keep learning
- ✓Want to bring real change to your own community
- ✓Are open to a child-centred, holistic way of learning
- ✓Are a TSC-registered ECD or Primary educator — or on the way there
- ✓Live around Nairobi, Kiambu, Kajiado or Machakos, and are ready to open your school
Voices from Duara School Entrepreneurs
“Duara has given me the best I could imagine on my journey of becoming a School Entrepreneur. Today, I employ three women and am responsible for 40 learners.”
“I could not do it alone — and would not want to. Duara's curriculum, systems, tools and support throughout the Incubator, Seedling and Collective are essential to my success.”
“Our Collective of School Entrepreneurs feels like a true sisterhood. We support each other through everything — and are stronger together.”
The things teachers ask us most.
No. Duara invests the capital to launch your school — you don't need savings or a bank loan to begin. As your school becomes sustainable, you repay that capital from the school's own surplus, on the way to fully owning it.
Your school becomes truly yours. As it becomes financially sustainable, you repay the launch capital and ownership transfers to you. You stay part of the Duara collective, and the Hub keeps providing curriculum, platform and back-office support for a small ongoing fee.
The Duara Hub keeps carrying the hard parts — administration, finance, curriculum, the learning platform and ongoing coaching — so your time goes to your learners. And the sisterhood of School Entrepreneurs is alongside you throughout.
An integrated curriculum built on Kenya's CBC, woven together with Montessori and IB approaches — child-centred, holistic, and registered with the Education Office.
Yes. If you share our vision and values and are open to aligning with the Duara approach, you're welcome to apply.
Passionate female educators with a vision to start their own school — ideally TSC-registered in ECD or Primary (or on the way there), with an entrepreneurial spirit and a love for their community.
It starts with courage. Are you ready?
Apply to join the next cohort of Duara School Entrepreneurs — or come to a virtual info-session to learn more first.