2023 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program For Young Africans
The Tony Elumelu Foundation launches a first-of-its-kind Green Entrepreneurship Programme to address African youth unemployment, in partnership with UNICEF Generation Unlimited (GenU) and IKEA Foundation.
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.
Summary
- Host: Tony Elumelu Foundation | UNICEF
- Category: Training | Fellowships
- Eligible Countries: African Countries
- Reward: $5,000 | Business Training
Details:
This initiative is open to all entrepreneurs under 35 years of age and in the waste management in Kenya. It is also open to all entrepreneurs under age 35 and in the green sector in Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa.
Requirements:
- Sustainable agriculture and agricultural processing.
- Blue economy and aquaculture
- Renewable energy, recycling and Circular economy
- Waste management including biomass and Eco-tourism.
