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Africa's Business Heroes
ABH Prize Competition
Amount
Up to $300K
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
~10 per year
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Open to entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries
✓All ages and genders encouraged to apply
✓All industries and sectors are eligible
✓Entrepreneurs from all levels of society welcome
✓Grant funding up to USD 300,000 available
Your real odds
Ten finalists share $1.5M each year, drawn from applicants across 54 countries.
Since 2019, roughly 60 entrepreneurs have been supported across six annual cycles, which works out to about 10 winners per year competing against a pan-continental field attracted by the prize size.
What it takes
Submit annual application1 to 2 hrs
Progress through selection roundsweeks to mon
Pitch to judges at Grand Finale
Worth knowing
ABH runs office hours and workshops during the application period, and using them lets you improve your application before judges ever see it.
What else do you qualify for?
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