Info For Yous The African Entrepreneurship Observe (Usd$1 Million) For African Entrepreneurs Inwards Africa As Well As Abroad

African Entrepreneurship Award

Course(s) Offered: Business ideas
Course Level: Mentoring, Training
Provider: BMCE Bank of Africa
Country to Study in: Africa

Scholarship Description
Are yous an African citizen with a concern sentiment that volition create jobs in addition to ameliorate lives inwards Africa? Will it ameliorate education or the environment, or solve a work that is uncharted? The African Entrepreneurship Award is looking to fund yous with a 1000000 dollars. The journeying begins NOW with submitting your concern sentiment in addition to your even past times the deadline below.

The African Entrepreneurship Award, powered past times BMCE Bank of Africa, offers a mentoring journeying for concern ideas that tin dismiss deport on in addition to ameliorate lives inwards Africa. The destination of the African Entrepreneurship Award is to inspire African entrepreneurs – living inwards Africa in addition to abroad – to develop businesses across the African continent, creating jobs that ameliorate lives.

Eligibility
You, the entrepreneur, must come across the next criteria equally yous submit your concern proposal:

• You must hold upward a citizen of an African country
• You must hold upward a minimum of xviii years onetime equally of Oct 1, 2016
• Your concern must hold upward applicable inwards an African country
• Your concern must hold upward relevant to i of these categories:
  
  • Education – positively deport on didactics inwards Africa
  • Environment – positively deport on the surroundings inwards Africa
  • Uncharted – a high-impact concern venturing into unexplored territory or untested markets

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• You tin dismiss submit a proposal equally a resident of whatever pose down worldwide – keeping inwards heed that yous must hold upward a citizen of an African country
  • For example, a resident of the United Arab Emirates with Egyptian citizenship is eligible for this Award
• You tin dismiss submit a proposal if yous are of whatever historic catamenia over xviii equally of Oct 1, 2016
• Your concern can move inwards whatever African country fifty-fifty if yous are non a citizen of that pose down
  • For example, yous tin dismiss submit a proposal for a dissimilar pose down inwards Africa than your personal, African citizenship (e.g. a Ghanaian citizen tin dismiss submit a proposal for a concern inwards Liberia)
• You tin dismiss submit a proposal for a business already inwards operation
• Your concern tin dismiss move across borders inwards multiple African countries
• Your concern should demonstrate the potential to scale beyond i share inwards Africa to pan-African impact
• You tin dismiss move inwards multiple countries, but yous volition hold upward asked to designate a principal community inwards Africa that volition produce goodness or hold upward impacted past times your business.

Eligible groups
Citizen of ANY African country

Participating Institutions
BMCE Bank of Africa

Areas of Training
Education, the Environment in addition to whatever other Uncharted areas. More data here.

Sponsorship duration (Rounds)
There volition hold upward practical mentoring inwards 3 Rounds:

• Round 1 – Business ideas near needed inwards the region: During Round 1, yous must convince the Regional Mentors that yous empathise the needs inwards your share in addition to your sentiment meets these needs.
• Round ii – Business ideas near probable to succeed inwards Africa: During Round 2, yous must convince the Pan-African Mentors that yous know your potential customers’ needs, that yous are able to communicate the idea, that yous are good aware of your competition, in addition to that yous tin dismiss visualize or explicate the sentiment through a graphic or video.
• Round 3 – Business Ideas near pregnant & sustainable inwards Africa: During Round 3, yous must convince the Global Mentors that yous empathise the risks yous are facing including: leadership gaps, advisor needs, political barriers, client constraints, in addition to fiscal risks. During Round 3, yous volition hold upward coached past times the Global Mentors privately via the website on how to ameliorate your Concept Statement, which is a fantastic tool that is reusable inwards all of your time to come funding efforts in addition to pitches.
• Presidential Round – Presidential Jury: The Final Jury of entrepreneurs, concern leaders in addition to academics from Africa, China, in addition to the USA volition come across yous inwards mortal inwards or past times video Oct to take away heed your concern sentiment in addition to create upward one's heed the winners.

Scholarship benefits
The Award partners with entrepreneurs, concern leaders in addition to leading academics from Africa, Asia, Americas, Great Britain in addition to Europe. These partners are mentors who render coaching to African entrepreneurs at every pace of this journey.

The journeying includes USD$1 million across 3 categories: Education, the Environment in addition to Uncharted areas – never been done earlier inwards Africa. The African Entrepreneurship Award volition assist yous start or grow your business to create jobs in addition to deport on Africa.

Every entrepreneur needs to a greater extent than than money. You demand mentors to come upward with you, advise you, ask difficult questions, encourage you, comfort you, in addition to help yous persevere.

Method of Application
To apply, yous demand to submit an application earlier the deadline date. Please Submit Your Application Here for the 2016 African Entrepreneurship Award.

It is also of import to view the official website (link to it is below) for consummate data on how to employ for this award.

DEADLINES:
The journeying starts Feb 5, 2016. You tin dismiss submit your concern sentiment commencement Feb 15, 2016 through April 6, 2016.

PLEASE NOTE:
Finalists volition introduce ideas to Presidential Jury for multiple Awards past times Oct 2016.

Success is non only winning this Award. Instead, this African Entrepreneurship Award is the beginning of our Journey together to test, plan, launch in addition to scale your novel concern to deport on Africa.

BMCE Bank of Africa recognizes that you, the African entrepreneur, are a jeopardy taker who seeks mentoring, practical support, in addition to concern colleagues equally yous start upward revenue-generating businesses that solve problems in addition to come across needs.

Application Deadline: six Apr 2016
Open to International Applicants: Yes (ONLY Africans)

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