TEF Entrepreneurship Programme

Startup grant · run by Tony Elumelu Foundation · online · Africa

Pan-African programme pairing online business training and mentorship with non-returnable seed capital for early-stage entrepreneurs across the continent.

Apply on the programme's own site

TEF Entrepreneurship Programme terms

Read from the programme's own page on September 13, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.

Funding
$5,000
Since 2015 the TEF has funded more than 27,000 young Africans with non-returnable seed capital of $5,000 each check it

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