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The Tony Elumelu Foundation introduces a first-of-its-kind Green Entrepreneurship Programme to address African youth unemployment, in conjunction with UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) and IKEA Foundation.
The application gateway for BeGreen Africa is now open on TEFConnect, the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s digital platform, to all waste management start-ups in Kenya, and green start-ups in Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa.
BeGreen Africa is a green entrepreneurship pilot programme co-created by The Tony Elumelu Foundation, UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU), IKEA Foundation, and young green entrepreneurs.
The key objective of this mission-aligned partnership is to create a holistic, sustainable, and youth-led green entrepreneurship initiative in the waste sector [in Kenya], and the green sector [in Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal and South Africa], to advance marginalized youth’s social and economic prosperity, while addressing the triple planetary crisis by reducing inequalities, and creating sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their peers.
The founding partners of BeGreen Africa will leverage their collective expertise, close relations with government, the private sector and youth networks, and extensive field presence across Africa and in Kenya to: a) develop a green-focused curricula that addresses the gaps and capacity needs of the identified target youth, b) engage expert trainers to deliver the trainings via www.TEFConnect.com, c) facilitate mentor and alumni network connections, and d) provide seed capital funding that will empower the identified entrepreneurs to kickstart, develop, and scale their green businesses.
In this pilot, #BeGreenAfrica seeks to teach 1,000 Kenyan youth in the waste management sector, and economically empower 120 of them, as well as empower 25 green sector entrepreneurs in Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa, all under the age of 35, with new or existing green enterprises. The effort will generate evidence around youth entrepreneurship in high-impact green industries, researching how young entrepreneurs can contribute to circular economies and a sustainable green revolution in Africa.
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CALLING AFRICAN GREEN ENTREPRENEURS: APPLY TO #BEGREENAFRICA by TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION – TEF ($5,000 seed capital)
