Imagine We Author Accelerator, Cohort One

You have built a community
that trusts you.
It is time to convert
that trust into a legacy.

We are selecting 25 of East Africa's most influential voices to transform their story, expertise, and community into a published book, with full ghostwriting, editorial, design, and international distribution behind them.

No financial investment required. Just your story.

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25
Seats remaining
17+
Countries of distribution
25%
Royalties on every copy sold
11
Years of publishing excellence
The difference

A person of influence.
Or a person of impact?

You have built a community that trusts you. It is time to convert that trust into intellectual property that outlasts every algorithm, every platform, and every trend.

Influencer

Your content lives on borrowed platforms

  • Algorithms decide who sees your work
  • Content disappears in 48 hours
  • Revenue depends on brand deals
  • Credibility is tied to follower count
  • Your story exists in fragments
  • Platforms can shut down overnight
Author

Your intellectual property lives forever

  • Your book exists independently of any platform
  • Royalties earn while you sleep, for decades
  • Corporates, institutions and schools take you seriously
  • You are invited onto stages influencers never reach
  • Your complete story, in your own words, permanently
  • A legacy your children can inherit
What you receive

Everything you need
to become a published author

01
Professional Ghostwriting
Our expert team interviews you, extracts your story, and crafts your manuscript in your voice, with your vision. Your story, professionally told.
02
Full Editorial Development
Developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading from editors who understand African stories and global publishing standards.
03
World-Class Design
A cover and interior design that commands attention on any shelf, in any country. Your book will look as powerful as your story.
04
International Distribution
Your book distributed across 17 plus countries. Physical and digital. Retail, corporate, institutional. Imagine We's 11 years of distribution infrastructure behind your title.
05
Awards Submission
We will submit your book to relevant African and international literary awards. Recognition that amplifies your authority well beyond publication.
06
First Readers Community
Access to our proprietary reader platform, building your launch audience before your book is printed so Day One sales are already waiting.
07
25% International Royalties
25% on your first 2,000 copies, then 35% for every copy that follows. No upfront cost. No investment. Just your story and a return that grows with every reader.
08
Author Brand Development
Becoming a published author transforms your personal brand. We guide you through the transition from influential voice to recognised authority.
09
IWP Author Community
Join a cohort of 25 of East Africa's most influential voices. A network of published authors, mutual amplification, and shared launch momentum.

“We are not looking for writers. We are looking for people with something to say and the community who already needs to hear it.”

Imagine We Publishers, Kigali, Rwanda

Who this is for

The 25 people we are looking for

We are not looking for professional writers. We are looking for people who have already built something real — and whose story, when in print, will open doors that no post or reel ever could.

The Expert

You have spent years developing a methodology, a framework, or a way of working that transforms people. Your community asks you to write a book. Here is how.

The Survivor

You have lived through something — built something, lost something, rebuilt something — and your community shows up for you because of it. That story belongs in print.

The Builder

You started something from nothing. A company, a movement, a community. The story of how you did it is the book that teaches the next generation what is possible.

The Voice

You speak for a community that is underrepresented in publishing. Your story is the one your people have been waiting to see reflected back at them.

The Thinker

You have developed a perspective on life, leadership, or your industry that challenges the status quo. Your ideas deserve a permanent home.

The Pioneer

You were first. First in your family, first in your field, first on your continent to do something that matters. That first deserves to be documented.

See If You Qualify
A genuine partnership

We invest in you.
We ask you to invest
in your own story.

Imagine We brings eleven years of publishing infrastructure, editorial expertise, and global distribution to this partnership. What we ask in return is not money. It is time, commitment, and belief in the value of what you have built and what you have to say.

Ghostwriting support is fully available. You do not need to write a single word alone. But you do need to show up for interviews, for reviews, for the process of turning your life and expertise into a book that lasts.

  • 01
    Collaborate with our teamWork with our ghostwriting and editorial teams to shape your manuscript. Your voice, your story, our craft.
  • 02
    3 hours per week for 10 weeksDedicated time for ghostwriting interviews and editorial reviews. This is the minimum and it is all we need to build something extraordinary.
  • 03
    Believe in your own legacyWe can build the book. Only you can decide your story deserves to exist in print.
  • 04
    Champion your launchYour community is your greatest asset at launch. We need you to show up for the book the way you show up for your content.
Cohort One genres

We are seeking stories in
four powerful categories

01
Self-Help
Your framework, methodology, or system for living, working, or leading better
02
Memoir
Your lived experience, the journey, the survival, the transformation that others need to read
03
Biography
The definitive account of a life, a movement, or a mission that shaped the continent
04
Business
The story of how you built something, the strategy, the failure, the breakthrough, the lesson
25%
rising to 35%
after your first 2,000 copies

Your story earns for you, for years after publication

There is no financial investment required to join the accelerator. You bring your story, your expertise, and your community. We bring everything else. In return: 25% on your first 2,000 copies. Then 35% for every copy that follows. The deeper into the market your book goes, the more it pays you back.

  • No upfront cost or financial commitment from you
  • 25% royalties on your first 2,000 copies sold
  • 35% royalties on every copy sold after that
  • After the initial cohort run, you graduate to a new contract on your own terms
  • Your First Readers community is yours to keep forever
  • Your intellectual property remains your own
Applications close June 30th, or when the cohort is full.
Check Your Eligibility
25 spots. No financial investment required.

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