Africa's Business Heroes
Jack Ma Foundation
Annual pan-African entrepreneurship prize where ten finalists from any industry share grant funding after training and pitching rounds, culminating in a televised Grand Finale.
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Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes.
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About
What it offers: US$1.5M in grants shared by 10 finalists (top winner up to US$300,000).
Also: training and mentorship; media exposure via televised finale; alumni network.
Who can apply: Open to entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, any age, gender or industry.
Free to apply. Equity: none.
Annual competition; applications typically open in the first half of the year.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “USD 1.5 million in grant funding”
Who can apply
- Open to founders
- Open to entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, any age, gender or industry.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), 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 Jack Ma Foundation without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.