The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) is the
flagship entrepreneurship programme of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, founded by the entrepreneur, respected investor and philanthropist Tony
O. Elumelu.
The $100million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme –
an annual programme of training, funding and mentoring, designed to
empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs – is now open for
entries through its application portal. The application
portal is available in English, French and Portuguese and applications
will be accepted in these three languages.
The flagship
entrepreneurship programme from the Tony Elumelu Foundation opens its
application portal for entries at 12:01am WAT on January 1st2015 and
will continue to accept applications until midnight WAT on March
1st2015. In order to submit an application, entrepreneurs must complete
the online application form with questions on their background,
experience and business idea, plans for growth and proposed pan-African
impact.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is a tool for
implementing the vision to establish the pre-eminent pan-African entrepreneurship programme and
create 10,000 startups across Africa within the next 10 years that
generate significant employment and wealth.
Eligibility
- The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is open to citizens and legal residents of all 54 African countries.
- Applications can be made by any for-profit business based in Africa in existence for less than three years, including new business ideas.
- The programme is open to young compelling businesses with strong market feasibility, clear financial models and run by capable teams.
Selection into the programme will be a thorough process with no quotas
of any kind to simply identify the game changers in the continent. The
programme will support selected entrepreneurs through the 7 Pillars of
TEEP, a framework that includes mentorship, online and live learning, as
well as access to information, networking and seed capital.
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