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Applications are open for the Acumen East Africa Fellowship 2025. At Acumen Academy, they identify and prepare leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to fight poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.
Date Posted: 06 Jan, 2025
Are you an entrepreneur with an innovative business solution that can disrupt or transform the African Market? Applications are open for the EY Africa Enterprise Impact Program 2025.
Date Posted: 03 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2025 for African Entrepreneurs. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)-Africa's leading philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs looking for the most innovative business ideas across the African continent. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 02 Jan, 2025
Applications for the Scaling Women's Economic Empowerment through Affirmative Procurement Training Program 2025 are now open. Apply now!
Date Posted: 31 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Climate Entrepreneurship Exchange Program 2025. Climate Entrepreneurship Exchange is an 8-week, innovative extracurricular virtual exchange certificate program that fosters climate entrepreneurship among undergraduate students in Michigan, Egypt, Libya, and Morocco. The program promotes cross-cultural collaboration and communication while equipping participants with knowledge and skills necessary to create climate-conscious businesses.
Date Posted: 31 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Health Tech Hub Africa Accelerator Program 2025. For the 2025 cohort, they are looking for ventures from Africa with innovative solutions (including hardware, software, data analytics and Al solutions, biotech, etc.) and business models allowing for collaboration with local and national governments and aiming to solve health challenges and/or support public health systems in their digital transformation,
Date Posted: 31 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Rice Business Plan Competition 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 31 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Avant Now Accelerator Fem Track Program 2025. Their program is 6-12 month-long journey with equity-free funding, empowering you to stay focused on what truly matters - launching and growing your startup.
Date Posted: 27 Dec, 2024
Applications for the Visa Accelerator Program 2025 are now open. Unlock your startup's potential and fast-track your success in the dynamic world of FinTech with the Visa Accelerator Program. This groundbreaking initiative connects Africa's brightest minds with experienced mentors, cutting-edge technology, and unparalleled investment opportunities. Apply now!
Date Posted: 27 Dec, 2024
Are you a woman-identifying founder disrupting the Canadian tech space? Applications are now open to pitch your business at the DMZ's Women Innovation Summit in partnership with The Firehood. This is your chance to showcase your business to a community of angels built around the mission of backing women founders and an opportunity to secure up to $100,000 in cash investments.
Date Posted: 27 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Sage Impact Entrepreneurship Program - United States 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 24 Dec, 2024
Are you a BIPOC entrepreneur looking to take your business to the next level? Join the Black Advisory Hub Accelerator Program 2025, a 4-week accelerator program designed to boost your business skills and connect you with valuable resources.
Date Posted: 23 Dec, 2024
Do you represent a CSO with an innovative project aimed at enhancing food security? Are you operating in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, the State of Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, or Yemen? If so, you are invited to join the Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security and further develop your innovative solutions to create a more secure and resilient future with sustainable food access.
Date Posted: 23 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the MEST Africa-Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 20 Dec, 2024
Applications for the Misk Accelerator Program 2025 are now open. The Misk Accelerator was founded in 2019 with the goal of enabling and supporting early-stage tech startups locally and worldwide that seek to have Saudi Arabia, the largest market in the MENA region, as their platform to operate and grow. Apply for this opportunity now and stand a chance to get access to local and global network of founders, investors, communities, and more
Date Posted: 20 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the OceanHub Africa Acceleration Program 2025/2026. This initiative aims to support up to twenty-four (24) of Africa's most promising impact-driven for-profit startups dedicated to preserving and restoring the health of the ocean.
Date Posted: 19 Dec, 2024
Are you a woman entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur ready to thrive in the digital economy? The Women in Digital Business (WIDB) Training Program 2025 is here to equip you with essential skills, tools, and strategies to digitally transform your business for success. Apply now!
Date Posted: 19 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the AlIDEV Africa Sustainable Energy Accelerator 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 19 Dec, 2024
Applications for the Accelerate Africa Program 2025 are now open. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 19 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Google for StartupsCloud Al Accelerator 2025. This is a new ten-week accelerator class for high potential Al first technology startups based in the U.S. and Canada. Apply now!
Date Posted: 19 Dec, 2024
Here is a list of some notable entrepreneurship programs, the organizations that offer them, and what participants can achieve through each program:
1. Y Combinator (YC) Startup Accelerator
• Organization: Y Combinator
YC is one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world. Startups receive seed funding, mentorship, and access to a vast network of investors and successful entrepreneurs. Participants work intensively on their ideas for three months and present them to investors at Demo Day.
2. Techstars
• Organization: Techstars
Techstars provides early-stage startups with access to mentorship, funding, and a worldwide network of entrepreneurs and investors. The program offers hands-on mentorship and culminates in a demo day where startups pitch to potential investors.
3. Google for Startups Accelerator
• Organization: Google
This program supports early-stage startups through mentorship, access to Google resources, and hands-on guidance from industry experts. Participants gain the technical expertise needed to grow their businesses using Google's tools and infrastructure.
4. MIT LaunchX
• Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This program targets high school students and focuses on building real startups from scratch. Participants learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, from ideation to market research and product development, while receiving mentorship from successful entrepreneurs.
5. Hult Prize
• Organization: Hult International Business School
The Hult Prize is a global competition that encourages university students to solve pressing social challenges through entrepreneurship. The winning team receives $1 million in seed capital to launch their startup.
6. Seedcamp
• Organization: Seedcamp
Seedcamp is a European seed fund and accelerator program that provides early-stage startups with mentorship, funding, and access to a global network of investors. Participants benefit from Seedcamp's support in refining their business models and scaling their startups.
7. Stanford Start Accelerator
• Organization: Stanford University
Start offers Stanford-affiliated startups access to a strong community of founders, investors, and mentors. The program supports founders with the resources they need to scale their companies, from fundraising to product development.