Calling submissions for The Anzisha Prize 2025!
The Anzisha Prize seeks to award young entrepreneurs who have developed and implemented innovative solutions to social challenges or started successful businesses within their communities. Now in its 13th year, the program has taken on a new shape and will run for three years per cohort. At the end of the three years, the fellows will graduate and join the Anzisha Prize alumni network.
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Over 30 finalists from across Africa will be selected for the fellowship program yearly. Here they will receive high-touch support
for their business and their entrepreneurial journey. Their performance will be tracked throughout the three years to assess growth and progress. Businesses that show exemplary growth and initiative are rewarded with benefits and services such as short courses, cloud services, and cash stipends.
At the end of the second year, entrepreneurs will pitch their businesses and successes within the fellowship for a chance to win their share of prizes to the value $140 000 USD.
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The Grand Prizes are split into 4 categories :
- The Job Creation Prize: Awarded to the entrepreneur that has created the most job opportunities since joining the fellowship.
- Revenue Growth Prize: Awarded to the entrepreneur with the highest business revenue growth since joining the fellowship.
- Storytelling Prize: Awarded to the entrepreneur who has creatively communicated and distributed their entrepreneurship
story through written, oral and visual storytelling. - Integrating Systems and Processes Prize: Awarded to the entrepreneur who has effectively used systems and processes to
advance their business model
African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of entrepreneurial leaders who will work together to achieve extraordinary social impact. Each year, ALA brings together the most promising young leaders from all 54 African nations for a pre-university program in South Africa with a focus on leadership, entrepreneurship and African studies. ALA continues to cultivate these leaders throughout their lives, in university and beyond, by providing on-going leadership and entrepreneurial training and connecting them to high-impact networks of people and capital that can catalyze large-scale change.
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- Bi-annual cash stipends to eligible fellows throughout the fellowship.
- Short term educational opportunities, internships and specialised technical expert consultations for eligible fellows in Year 2.
- Job Creation Prize – awarded to the entrepreneur in Year 2 who has created the most job opportunities since joining the fellowship.
- Revenue Growth Prize – awarded to the entrepreneur in Year 2 with the highest business revenue growth since joining the fellowship.
- Storytelling Prize – awarded to the entrepreneur in Year 2 who has creatively communicated and distributed their entrepreneurship story through written, oral and visual storytelling since joining the fellowship.
- Systems of Delivery Prize – awarded to the entrepreneur in Year 2 who has effectively used systems and processes learned in the program to advance their business model since joining the fellowship.
Eligibilities
- Applicants must be between 15 and 22 years old with an ID document or Passport to present as evidence. Anyone born before 1 September 2002 or after 31 August 2009, will not be considered.
- Individuals must be a national of an African country with a business based in Africa for African customers/beneficiaries.
- The Anzisha Prize isn’t awarded for great ideas or business plans – they must have already started, and be able to prove i.
- Applicant’s business, invention or social project can be in any field or industry (science and technology, civil society, arts and culture, sports, etc.). Any kind of venture is welcome to apply.
- Individuals who apply must be one of the founding members of a business (for example, 2 or 3 co-founders who started up the project together).
Application Process
All the applicants must apply through the application portal by creating an account.
Application Deadline: November 7, 2024 (14 Days Remaining)
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