The Job You've Been
Waiting For Was
Never Coming.
Turn a community problem into a business idea you can test, pitch, and grow in 90 days.
65 million young adults worldwide are qualified, capable, and ready. Still unemployed. Not because they lack talent. Because they were taught to wait for jobs a broken system was never going to deliver. It is time to stop waiting and start building.
Source: ILO Global Employment Trends for Youth, 2024
Built for Young Adults
Who Are Ready to Build.
Build It Own It is for young adults ages 18 to 30 who are ready to turn a real community problem into a business idea they can test, pitch, and grow over 90 days.
This program is for young builders who are tired of waiting for jobs and are ready to learn how to create solutions, serve their communities, and build something of their own.
The program is open to young adults worldwide through three ways to join.
Same 90-Day Experience.
Rates That Reflect Your Reality.
Everyone receives the same live coaching, tools, community, checkpoints, and final Builder Showcase · All payments in USD
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This is a 90-day commitment. All payments are final. If you have questions before enrolling, please reach out before you pay at info@ruthakumbu.com
You Did Everything Right.
And It Still Wasn't Enough.
You went to school. You studied hard. You graduated. You updated your CV, wrote the cover letters, attended the job fairs. And then you waited. The callback never came.
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You have tried. Nothing came back.Applications, messages, referrals, job fairs. You put yourself out there. The opportunity never arrived.
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Every month of waiting is a month you'll never get back.Time is the one resource you cannot recover. And it is running while you wait.
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You were taught to be an employee. Nobody taught you to be an owner.The education system prepared you to work for someone. Not to build something.
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You can see the problems around you. You just don't have a method.The opportunity is there. The structure to turn it into income is what's missing.
The companies you applied to are not thinking about you. They are thinking about their business. It is time to think about yours.
Unemployment is not your fault. But staying there is a choice. The job market was not designed to absorb everyone who deserves a chance. A business you build has no such limit.
The most dangerous thing you can do right now is wait one more year for a door that was never going to open. Stop waiting. Start building.
What If You Didn't Need
to Be Hired to Earn?
This is not a motivational course. It is a three-phase method that takes you from the problem you see in your community to a business with paying customers. You will not leave with only an idea. You will leave with a tested business concept, a clear offer, and a pitch-ready plan to keep building.
- ✓A proven framework that helps young adults test real ideas in real communities
- ✓Live coaching from Dr. Ruth Akumbu. Not a pre-recorded video.
- ✓A cohort of peers doing the same work. Accountability built in.
- ✓Clear completion gates. You know exactly when you are ready to move forward.
- ✓Tools and resources you keep long after the program ends
Three Phases. Three Transformations.
One Business Built.
- You know exactly who your customer is. Not in theory. By name and situation.
- You can state the problem you are solving in one sentence anyone understands
- Your idea becomes grounded in what people actually need
- You leave with documented proof that your problem is worth solving
- You can explain your business in 30 seconds to anyone
- You know what you are selling, who it is for, and what makes you different
- Your pricing is a decision you can defend, not a guess.
- You leave with a business model ready to be tested in the real world
- You have tested your offer with real people and know what needs to happen next.
- You understand what needs to improve before or after your first sale
- You have a pitch-ready concept and a clear next step
- You leave with a tested business idea you can continue building
Built for People Who Are
Done Waiting for Permission.
- ✓ You are between 18 and 30 and ready to build something
- ✓ You are tired of waiting to be hired and want a different path
- ✓ You can see a problem in your community worth solving
- ✓ You can commit real time and effort over 90 days
- ✓ You can follow sessions delivered in English
- ✓ You are ready to make your first sale within 90 days
- ✗ You want a get-rich-quick formula. This is real work.
- ✗ You are not willing to go into your community and talk to people
- ✗ You want to watch videos without showing up to live sessions
- ✗ You expect someone else to build the business for you
- ✗ You are not ready to commit. This is a 90-day program that requires real work.
Built By Someone Who
Understands What You Are Facing.
Author of The Million-Dollar Mind
Dr. Ruth Akumbu is the founder of RA Global and the creator of the methodology behind this program. Her work is built on one conviction: the capacity to build is already present in communities. What is missing is the structure to turn it into something real.
She has spent years working with professionals and communities across Africa and the diaspora, not teaching theory, but building frameworks that produce documented, repeatable outcomes.
She is not offering inspiration. She is offering a method, with a personal commitment to stay with you until it works.
Build It Own It.
One Program. Three Ways to Join.
The program is the same for everyone. The rates are different so young builders from different economic contexts can access the same opportunity.
What everyone receives in the 90-day program
I Don't Promise Easy.
I Promise Real.
If you show up to every session, complete every phase, and engage honestly with every milestone checkpoint, and you still do not feel confident about your business concept by the end of 90 days, reach out. I am committed to the growth of every participant who shows up and does the work.
End the 90 Days With
a Pitch and a Prize.
At the end of the program, every participant has the opportunity to present what they built. One project wins a cash award to keep building.
Your pitch should cover the problem you identified, the business idea you built around it, who you are serving, and what you tested or plan to do next.
The $500 Best Project Award is not guaranteed to every participant and is not a refund or payment for participation. Participants must submit their pitch by the deadline to be considered. The program team may review voting results to ensure fairness.
Sponsors may also contribute to the Builder Award Fund to help provide additional prizes for the final showcase. Contact us to contribute.
Everything You Need
to Know Before You Join.
The Hiring Manager
Isn't Coming.
Your Customers Are.
Every month you wait is a month of income you will never recover. The businesses that will create jobs in your community will not be built by people who waited. They will be built by people who decided.
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Build It Own It, A 90-Day Business-Building Program for Young Adults Ages 18 to 30.