TEF Entrepreneurship Programme
Tony Elumelu Foundation Remote
Pan-African programme that trains young African entrepreneurs through an online business course and mentoring and awards non-returnable seed capital to selected businesses.
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About
What it offers: US$5,000 non-returnable seed capital.
Also: business management training on TEFConnect; mentorship; access to a pan-African network.
Who can apply: African citizens 18+, living in Africa, with an idea or business under 5 years old; first-time beneficiaries only.
Free to apply. Equity: none.
Annual; applications open January 1 to March 1 on TEFConnect.
How to apply: through tefconnect (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form, id document, photo.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “opens on the 1st of January till midnight on the 1st of March”
Who can apply
- Open to founders, people in a career transition, students
- African citizens 18+, living in Africa, with an idea or business under 5 years old; first-time beneficiaries only.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Document checklistOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (tefconnect), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Tony Elumelu Foundation without your tap.
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