# Shama Business Incubator
The public website and programme-management platform for the Shama Business
Incubator — an entrepreneurship programme identifying, training, mentoring and
funding 100 young entrepreneurs in the Shama Constituency, Western Region,
Ghana — 25 in each of four clusters.
**Ignite Ideas. Fund Potential. Scale Impact.**
Built with Next.js 16 (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v4, Prisma and
PostgreSQL. Programme SMS is delivered through GiantSMS.
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## What is built
### Public website
Every destination in the PRD's primary navigation, designed from the programme
deck's own palette and photography.
| Route | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `/` | Hero, opportunity, pipeline, clusters, journey, value proposition, live figures, funding model, impact, news, partner CTA |
| `/about` | Programme overview, the opportunity, cohort timeline, FAQ |
| `/how-it-works` | Identify → Train → Mentor → Pitch → Fund → Scale, plus the three-phase bootcamp and pitch pipeline |
| `/clusters`, `/clusters/[slug]` | The four clusters, with eligible business areas, training focus, participants and mentors |
| `/programme-journey` | The eight tracked stages, expanded |
| `/entrepreneurs` | Public business directory, filterable by cluster (consent-gated) |
| `/mentorship` | How matching works, the mentor pool, and mentor registration |
| `/funding` | Tiered grant model, judging criteria, post-award accountability |
| `/partners` | Sponsorship levels, fundraising networks, partner enquiry form |
| `/impact` | Live impact dashboard driven from the programme database |
| `/news`, `/news/[slug]`, `/events` | Admin-managed content |
| `/contact` | Category-routed enquiries with SMS acknowledgement |
| `/apply` | Eligibility, what to prepare, and the entry point to the portal |
| `/privacy` | Data collection, consent, role-based access, retention |
### Application portal
- Account creation, then a five-step application that **saves at every step**
so an applicant can …