Once again The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is launching its 2022 Entrepreneurship Programme to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs.
GET READY! The Application Window is opening on Jan 1 2022.
The Entrepreneurship Programme is jointly launched under the partnership of The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the European Union. This partnership is jointly co-financed by the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific State (OACPS), and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Pillars of Entrepreneurship Programme
- Mentoring
- 12 week business management training
- Knowledge Resources on TEFConnect.net
- Meetups
- Annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum
- Seed Capital Funding
- TEF Entrepreneurship Programme Alumni Network
The pillars have been designed to address the essential needs to ensure success for an African entrepreneur.
Have questions about the Entrepreneurship Programme? Browse the FAQ section.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is open to Africans from all 54 African countries with scalable business ideas or a business that has been operational for no more than 5 years.
- Applicants must be 18 years of age and above or considered above the age of minors in their country.
How Are selected applicants chosen to join the programme?
Selection of the applicants will take place after applicants successfully completes all the stages of the training and successfully take part in the pitch.
The program stages are as follows
- Application Phase
- Training & Mentorship Phase
- Business Plan Submission Phase
- Pitching Phase
- Seed Capital Phase
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I am interested in participating
Hi Belinda S Mabangi,
Thank you for contacting us!
To participate in this program, kindly visit their official page.
You can access the link here: https://tefconnect.net/
Happy New year, it good program, but they should consider we people with disability too, thanks.
I run a Community Based Organization that work with grass root women/youth groups with 30 % men. I train them on table banking; How to mobilize funds among themselves, invest by saving on the table, borrow to do small business and repay with small interest which is shared at the end of the year. I form groups of 10-20 members.
I want to participate in this please am from kenya
Mary mulatya,
Thank you for contacting us!
To participate in this program, kindly visit their official page.
You can access the link here: https://tefconnect.net/
Regards