GrowthAfrica Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESO) Uplift Programme 2025 for young African Entrepreneurs. – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: May 26, 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 ProgressAfrica Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESO) Uplift Programme. ESO Uplift Programme is a element of the Social and Impact Entrepreneurship (SIE) Project co-funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), carried out
by ProgressAfrica in collaboration with the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation(DRK) and the Amahoro Coalition. This transformative initiative goals to strengthen Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESOs) throughout Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Ghana, and Egypt, driving sustainable growth in Africa.

This programme is designed to equip 45 Entrepreneur Support Organisations by offering them
with the mandatory instruments to develop efficient and impactful programmes to help impression enterprises over the subsequent 4 years.

The programme is designed to evaluate your present set-up, take inventory of your actuality, inside
and exterior, after which assess and redesign your providing to entrepreneurs. The programme will
then help you in your efforts to mobilise your ecosystem, entry sources, attain the precise
entrepreneurs and companies, in addition to finally stand by you as you ship your revised
programme and entrepreneur help actions.

The programme is structured as follows:
Initial evaluation of actuality and programme redesign:

• 6 digital workshops from late July to late September
• 1-on-1 follow-up classes after every workshop from early August to mid-October
• Curated pre-readings and preparation sources
  
  Programme redesign help
• 1-on-1 programme design advisory classes
• Resource & ecosystem mobilisation help
• Access to on-line sources for content material, instruments, methods and template growth
• Networking and expertise sharing classes with friends (throughout cohorts & geographies)
  
  Programme execution help
• Add-hoc content material supply troubleshooting
• Monthly progress check-ins
• Quarterly peer studying classes

Eligibility standards
Organisations involved in making use of should meet the next standards:

1. The organisation have to be legally registered and working in one of many goal international locations:
   Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Ghana, or Egypt.
2. Support social impression enterprises: Actively works with social impression ventures or entrepreneurs tackling urgent social, environmental, or financial challenges, and may exhibit earlier or present impression (e.g., variety of ventures supported, jobs created, lives impacted).
3. Minimum of two years of operation supporting entrepreneurs or small companies: Proven expertise in offering incubation, acceleration, mentorship, coaching, or enterprise help providers.
4. Capacity and dedication: Has a devoted crew and capability to take part totally within the programme over its length.
5. Language and communication: Ability to speak successfully in English (programme language).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the GrowthAfrica Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESO) Uplift Programme