Wednesday, 23 September · Week 14 of 40

Mangwanani, Tariro. Keep the fire going.

You're 2 steps from a green check this month. Friday's session recording is ready, and a new partner opportunity just landed.

Current EpicDue Fri 3 Oct

Epic 4: Systems Thinking for Impact

5 modules · Friday session + reading + deliverable

Progress60%

● Next: Module 4, Mapping your IO's system

Good standing

For a green check this month, complete A, B and C.

In progress

1/3complete

✓

A. Attend Friday sessions4 of 4 this month, auto-tracked from the live room

B. Finish Epic 4 learning3 of 5 modules complete

C. Submit and get your deliverable verifiedNot yet submitted

New learnings

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Friday recording: Systems mapping

Epic 4 · 52 min · new

Rd

Reading: Thinking in Systems (ch. 1)

Epic 4 · 18 min

Tk

Toolkit: Stakeholder map template

Downloadable · works offline

Past Epics

E1

Know Yourself as a Leader

✓

E2

The African Impact Landscape

✓

E3

Design Thinking in the Field

✓

New opportunityPartner · closes 10 Oct

WTC

We Think Code: Intro to Data for Impact

6-week online learning track, free for Sparks

Build practical data skills you can use in your placement. Certificate counts toward your fellowship learning hours.

14 Sparks signed up

Onboarding track

4 of 5 signed off

Waiting on: IO host placement check-in, with Kudzai Banda

From the community

NK

Nomsa Khumalo shared her systems map from her placement at a Bulawayo water trust · 2h

AO

Amara Okafor is looking for a study buddy for the We Think Code track · 5h

My Epics › Epic 4

Systems Thinking for Impact

Understand the system your Impact Organisation works in, then map where you can move it.

Epic progress60%

Friday Session · 19 SepSystems mapping with Dr. Farai Mutasa

18:24

52:10CC1.25x

Dr. Mutasa walks through how to see your IO as part of a wider system: actors, flows, feedback loops and leverage points. The session ends with a live mapping exercise using a Harare food-security case.

⏱ 52 minAuto-transcribedShona + English captionsCounts toward Friday attendance

Spark Guide

AI study buddy for this Epic

Hi Tariro. I've watched Friday's session and read the Epic 4 materials. Ask me anything, or pick a prompt below.

Answers cite the session and readings. Your facilitator can see common questions.

Friday Session · Live on the platform

Leading through ambiguity

No Zoom links to hunt for. Attendance, recording and chapters happen automatically.

✓ Attendance recorded38 Sparks here

REC · 00:41:12

Chipo Dube · Guest speaker

TMYou

NK

AO

BS

+34

Live notesauto-generated as the session runs

Ambiguity is a leadership skill, not a failure of planning.
Chipo's "two-way door" test: is this decision reversible? Then move fast.
Breakout prompt: one ambiguous decision you face at your IO this month.

Live poll

Open

Where do you feel most ambiguity in your placement?

Chat

NK

Nomsa This two-way door idea is gold

BS

Blessing Can we get the slides after?

RN

Rudo (Staff) Yes, recording + slides publish to Epic 5 automatically

From partners and the programme team

Opportunities

Learning tracks, events and roles curated for Sparks. Sign up in one tap.

Learningcloses 10 Oct

WTC

We Think Code: Intro to Data for Impact

6 weeks · online · free

Practical data skills for your placement. Counts toward learning hours.

14 signed up

Event17 Oct, Harare

SIF

Sparks Mid-Year Convening

In person · travel supported

Two days with the full cohort, IO hosts and alumni. Share your systems map.

41 going

Rolecloses 30 Oct

GR

Junior Programme Officer, GreenRoots Trust

Post-fellowship · Harare

An IO host hiring from the cohort. Priority for Sparks in good standing.

6 interested

One place for every deliverable

Submissions

Submit, track status and read feedback, no more digging through email threads.

Epic 4: System map of your IO

Map the actors, flows and one leverage point in your placement organisation. PDF, image or link.

To do

Drag your file here
or pick from device, Google Drive or OneDrive

Note to reviewer (optional)

Status and feedback

Opened

Epic 4 deliverable released · 15 Sep

Submitted

Reviewed by programme team

Verified and signed off

Last feedback, Epic 3

RNRudo NyathiVerified

Strong synthesis, Tariro. Your quotes from the market vendors really land. Next time, tie each insight to a decision the IO could make.

Your fellowship journey

Onboarding track

Every stage has a clear owner and sign-off, so nothing sits in someone's inbox.

4 of 5 signed off

✓

Offer acceptedSigned 3 Jun

✓

DocumentsVerified 10 Jun

✓

Orientation weekCompleted 20 Jun

✓

IO placement matchGreenRoots Trust

5

Placement check-inAwaiting IO host

✓

Offer letter and fellowship agreement

Signed by you and the programme director

PD3 Jun

✓

ID, bank details and emergency contact

Verified by Rudo Nyathi, programme staff

RN10 Jun

✓

Orientation week attendance

Auto-confirmed from live session attendance

auto20 Jun

✓

Placement match with GreenRoots Trust

Approved by programme team and IO host

KB1 Jul

90-day placement check-in

Waiting on Kudzai Banda (IO host supervisor) · reminder sent yesterday

Cohort 2026

Community

See what other Sparks are building, learning and celebrating.

TM

NK

Nomsa Khumalo Epic 4

Placement at Bulawayo Water Trust · 2h

First draft of my systems map is up! The feedback loop between borehole repairs and community trust surprised me. Would love eyes on it before Friday.

AO

Amara Okafor

Placement at Lagos Youth Hub · 5h

Signed up for the We Think Code data track. Anyone want to be study buddies? Thinking Tuesday evenings.

BS

Blessing Sibanda 🏆 Epic 3 badge

Placement at Mutare Agri Co-op · 1d

Our co-op just adopted the harvest tracker I prototyped in Epic 3. Small win, big smile.

Spark shout-outs

Celebrate a peer, it shows on their profile.

NKNomsa → Blessing: "always first to help"

TMYou → Amara: "great facilitation Friday"

Cohort pulse

Epic 4 completion64%

In good standing81%

Earned automatically

Badges and certificates

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SPARKSImpact Fellowship

ID SIF-2026-0417

Certificate of completion

Epic 3: Design Thinking in the Field

This certifies that

Tariro Moyo

completed all learning, attended every Friday session and had her field deliverable verified by the programme team.

Rudo Nyathi

Programme staff

12 Sep 2026

Verified

Your badges

First Spark

Epic 1

Landscape Scout

Epic 2

Field Designer

Epic 3

Systems Thinker

Epic 4 · 60%

Perfect Fridays

14-week streak

Community Catalyst

10 shout-outs

Built for real connectivity

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Friday recording: Systems mapping

Audio + slides version · 38 MB (video would be 610 MB)

✓ Saved

Rd

Epic 4 readings (3)

4.2 MB

✓ Saved

Tk

Stakeholder map template

48 KB

✓ Saved

E5

Epic 5: Storytelling for Change

Unlocks 6 Oct · auto-download on Wi-Fi

This month's data

212 MB

used on pamba, 71% less than streaming video

Audio-only recordings on mobile dataOn

Compress imagesOn

WhatsApp reminders instead of pushOn

Sync progress when onlineLast synced 4 min ago

Programme team

Cohort 2026 at a glance

Every Spark's progress through Epic 4, standing and placement, in one view.

Active Sparks

48

across 31 IO hosts

Epic 4 completion

64%

+18% this week

Good standing

39/48

9 need a nudge

To verify

7

submissions waiting

Sparks in Epic 4

Spark	IO host	Epic 4 progress	Fridays	Deliverable	Standing

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Title

Epic

Audience

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Notify Sparks (app + WhatsApp)On

Let Spark Guide (AI) answer questions on this sessionOn

Share with IO host supervisorsOff

Coordination and verification

Review queue

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TM

Tariro Moyo · System map of GreenRoots Trust

Epic 4 deliverable · submitted today, 2 days early

Awaiting review

Tariro_Moyo_GreenRoots_SystemMap.pdf · page 1 of 4

Note from Tariro
I'd love feedback on whether my leverage point is realistic for a 6-month placement.

Rubric

Actors and flows identified

Feedback loops explained

Leverage point is actionable

Grounded in placement evidence

Feedback to Tariro

Sign-off updates Tariro's good standing, issues her badge and notifies her IO host.

Partners and programme

Post an opportunity

Share a partner offer with the right Sparks and see who signed up in real time.

Partner

Title

Description

Type

Closes

Who can see it

Sign-ups: We Think Code

14 signed up

Spark	Placement	Signed up
AOAmara Okafor	Lagos Youth Hub	5h ago
NKNomsa Khumalo	Bulawayo Water Trust	1d ago
BSBlessing Sibanda	Mutare Agri Co-op	1d ago
JMJoseph Mwangi	Nairobi Health Collective	2d ago

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GreenRoots Trust · IO host

Your Spark: Tariro Moyo

Placement since 1 Jul · Month 3 of 9 · Programme contact: Rudo Nyathi

In good standing

90-day placement check-in

Your sign-off completes Tariro's onboarding track.

Reliability and punctuality

Quality of work

Initiative

Collaboration with the team

Feedback for Tariro and the programme team

Placement goals

✓

Map GreenRoots' farmer networkDone in Epic 4

Launch seed bank pilot in 1 villageTarget: Nov

Present to the boardTarget: Dec

Shared with you

PDF

System map of GreenRoots Trust

Verified by programme team

Tariro chose to share this deliverable with you.

Welcome back, Spark.

Mangwanani, Tariro. Keep the fire going.

Epic 4: Systems Thinking for Impact

Good standing

New learnings

Past Epics

We Think Code: Intro to Data for Impact

Onboarding track

From the community

Systems Thinking for Impact

Leading through ambiguity

Live poll

Chat

Opportunities

We Think Code: Intro to Data for Impact

Sparks Mid-Year Convening

Junior Programme Officer, GreenRoots Trust

Submissions

Epic 4: System map of your IO

Onboarding track

Community

Spark shout-outs

Cohort pulse

Badges and certificates

Epic 3: Design Thinking in the Field

Your badges

Downloads and low-data mode

Saved for offline

This month's data

Cohort 2026 at a glance

Sparks in Epic 4

Publish a Friday session

Publish settings

Review queue

Tariro Moyo · System map of GreenRoots Trust

Post an opportunity

Sign-ups: We Think Code

Roles and access

LinkedIn, Google, Microsoft or email

Every sign-off is logged

Your data, your brand

Your Spark: Tariro Moyo

90-day placement check-in

Placement goals

Shared with you