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Grant · Nigeria

Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme

An annual programme for young African entrepreneurs: online training, mentoring and coaching, followed by seed capital for selected participants and entry to the TEF alumni network.

Status unknown Run by Tony Elumelu Foundation

Apply on the programme's site Programme website

Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages

Terms

Funding
not published Seed capital is disbursed to selected participants after the training phase; the programme page does not state the amount
Instrument
Grant
Equity taken
not published
Programme fee
not published
Duration
not published
Cohort size
not published
Cohorts
not published
Delivery
Remote
Stages
Idea, pre-seed
Sectors
Sector-agnostic
Open to founders from
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Perks
  • Training on the TEFConnect platform
  • Mentor pairing and coaching masterclasses
  • TEF alumni network

Application dates

Status unknown

Dates not published. The application portal opens every year on 1 January and closes at midnight on 1 March, on TEFConnect.

Usual timing: The application portal opens every year on 1 January and closes at midnight on 1 March, on TEFConnect.

Who can apply

  • Africans aged 18 or over who live in Africa and plan to build the business in Africa
  • A business idea, or a business no older than five years
  • Not a past beneficiary of any TEF programme
  • One application per window, with a valid government ID
  • Stage: idea, pre-seed

What founders should check

  1. The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
  2. It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
  3. It runs remotely. Check the time zone of live sessions.
  4. Dates for the next cohort are not published. The application portal opens every year on 1 January and closes at midnight on 1 March, on TEFConnect.

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