The Africa’s Enterprise Heroes (ABH) Prize Competitors, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Basis and Alibaba Philanthropy, has prolonged its deadline for entries to Might 17, 2023. This extension has been made in response to the sturdy degree of curiosity from entrepreneurs throughout the continent.
ABH goals to establish, help and encourage the following era of African entrepreneurs who’re making a distinction of their native communities by working to resolve probably the most urgent issues and constructing a extra sustainable and inclusive economic system for the longer term.
In line with the organizers,the brand new deadline provides potential candidates who’re occupied with difficult themselves however have but to use an opportunity to finish their functions. Profitable candidates may have entry to coaching, mentoring and studying alternatives in addition to a group of like-minded African enterprise leaders. The highest 10 finalists will share US$1.5 million in grant funding, with the primary prize winner taking residence US$300,000.
This 12 months, all profitable candidates to the ABH Prize Competitors will benefit from the bonus provide of complimentary entry to the Alibaba Netpreneur E-learning Course offered by Alibaba International Initiatives (AGI) [1]. Designed as a self-learning program, the course will equip members with basic data in enterprise administration and digital transformation. In collaboration with AGI, ABH can even facilitate the highest 10 finalists’ participation in a sponsored journey to Hangzhou, China to attend an offline immersion program on digitalization.
Thus far, ABH 2023 has already obtained greater than 25,000 functions from entrepreneurs from all 54 nations in Africa. ABH is placing out a particular name to entrepreneurs whose nations are at present underrepresented – together with Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, to use for this 12 months’s competitors and encourage hundreds of thousands of others with their distinctive tales.
Yearly, ABH spotlights excellent members via conventional media and social media channels, together with offering vital publicity to the highest 10 finalists by way of the ABH Present and different contents. This 12 months’s version, which follows the ABH journey of the 2022 high 10 finalists and delves into their entrepreneurial tales, will are available 4-5 8-minute episodes which can be slated to be broadcast on-line and throughout the continent in additional than 40 nations. The primary episode of the sequence has not too long ago been launched and is now accessible right here
ABH can also be persevering with to name on enterprise capitalists, traders, firms and NGOs from all over the world to affix the 2023 competitors as judges, who’re a core a part of ABH’s success. events are invited to register right here
For extra steering on the appliance course of, go to the ABH official web site (https://apo-opa.information/3N9S3aN),