ELISA Business Scholars Program 2025 for African Entrepreneurs – YOA

Deadline: August 31, 2025

Applications are open for the ELISA Business Scholars Program 2025. The 3-day enterprise expertise brings collectively a cohort of excessive potential entrepreneurs or founders of startups with daring enterprise concepts for varied business sectors throughout Africa.

Each scholar is assigned a enterprise chief as their coach for the one-12 months ELISA Business Scholars Program. With their coaches, students attend an immersive coaching session led by enterprise consultants and business leaders to advance their concepts, refine their enterprise technique, and create jobs. ELISA Scholars are skilled to handle enterprise financials, develop an investor presentation and elevator pitch. After the coaching session, ELISA Scholars proceed to fulfill just about with their coaches as soon as a month for a 12 months to make sure continued refinement and implementation of a marketing strategy. They keep related utilizing the net ELISA portal.

ELISA is an initiative of ICPD, the International Center for Professional Development, a 501c3 non-revenue group primarily based within the United States. The purpose of the ELISA Scholars Program is to embolden Africa centered entrepreneurs and leaders to advance their concepts and create jobs on the continent.

Benefits

Successful candidates obtain:

• 2-day coaching session and convention supplies
• One 12 months of mentoring from a enterprise coach
• Conference lodging and meals
• Flights booked for you or journey prices reimbursed
• Access to enterprise leaders & the ELISA Business Summit
• Lifetime membership to the ELISA enterprise community and digital occasions
• Unlimited entry to entrepreneurial content material

Eligibility

• Open to candidates of any age, sector or gender who’re founders of their ventures.
• You should Create a Profile and login to the ELISA Portal to create your Project Page. 
• Your enterprise, mission or thought ought to primarily function in Africa and profit an African financial system.
• You should dwell in an African nation and have the power to fulfill together with your coach as soon as per thirty days utilizing Whatsapp, Google Meet or Zoom. Alumni of the ELISA Scholars Program can not reapply.

Application

Click here to apply.

For extra info, go to ELISA Business Scholars.