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Tony Elumelu Foundation
TEF Entrepreneurship Programme
Amount
$5,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
~27,000 funded to date
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓For African entrepreneurs across all 54 countries
✓Provides $5,000 non-returnable seed capital
✓For young African entrepreneurs
✓Open to women and men entrepreneurs
Your real odds
Since 2015, TEF has funded over 27,000 entrepreneurs, and competition runs continent-wide across 54 countries.
The programme runs annually and has deployed over $135 million in seed capital to date, with selection centering on how innovative and high-potential your business idea is, which makes the field genuinely competitive at scale.
What it takes
Register and create your profile1 to 2 hrs
Submit your business idea application2 to 5 hrs
Complete selection process if shortlistedSeveral week
Worth knowing
TEF selects for the most innovative and high-potential ideas in a pool spanning all 54 African countries, so a clearly differentiated concept with real market traction or social impact is what separates winners from the rest.
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