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Apply: Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award

For the first time, Bayer Foundation is launching a Women Empowerment Award. With this award, Bayer Foundation wants to empower women as key change makers and help female entrepreneurs generate social impact in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Women Empowerment Award, Bayer Foundation offers a partnership which goes far beyond a one-off cash prize. The award …

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Apply for the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

Application for the the $100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP) for emerging African entrepreneurs is now open. In 2015, TEEP has empowered 1,000 African entrepreneurs selected from over 20,000 applicants with startup investment, active mentoring, business training, entrepreneurship boot camp and regional networking across Africa. Entrepreneurs with an average age range of 21-40 from 51 African …

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Tony Elumelu Foundation Seeks Mentors for Its Business Program

The Tony Elumelu Foundation seeks mentors for its entrepreneurship program. To achieve its goal of 1:2 mentor/mentee ratio at most, we would like to take advantage of your network to recruit additional mentors. Kindly share this link with those you deem fit to mentor and grow the selected African Entrepreneurs – Qualities of a TEF …

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5 Young Senegalese Entrepreneurs accepted Into StartUp Accelerator

Five (5) young Senegalese entrepreneurs have been selected to receive six (6) months of business incubation and $2,000 seed-funding to kick-start their business. The Senegal Start-Up Accelerator is designed to support innovators in the fishing and agricultural sectors by helping them to develop their commercial solutions and maximize their impact. Over the course of six …

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Apply for the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

The fifth round of the $100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP) for emerging African entrepreneurs is now open. In 2015, TEEP empowered 1,000 African entrepreneurs selected from over 20,000 applicants with startup investment, active mentoring, business training, entrepreneurship boot camp and regional networking across Africa. Entrepreneurs with an average age range of 21-40 from 51 African countries …

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Tony Elumelu Foundation Seeks Mentors for Its Business Program

The Tony Elumelu Foundation seeks mentors for its entrepreneurship program. To achieve its goal of 1:2 mentor/mentee ratio at most, we would like to take advantage of your network to recruit additional mentors. Kindly share this link with those you deem fit to mentor and grow the selected African Entrepreneurs – Apply here: Tony Elumelu Mentors …

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Call for Entrepreneurs in Nigeria’s North East and Niger Delta Regions

Selected entrepreneurs from these two regions (North East and Niger Delta Nigeria) will each receive: funding of up to $5000 from a separate endowment of $1,000,000 as non-returnable seed capital to implement their business ideas, after undergoing business training and mentoring. The beneficiaries of this program will be announced alongside the successful 1000 entrepreneurs in …

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Finding Opportunity in Northern Nigeria: Female Entrepreneur Sets Up Vocational Training School for Kids

Founded by Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji and located in Kaduna, Nigeria, Teen Tycoons is a vocational training school for children ages 6 to 18.  A 2016 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurship program participant, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji describes herself as a \”skills development specialist.\” She says that her company uses practical experiences to facilitate learning. She continues, \”students at the school …

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