ELISA Business Scholars Program 2026 - Opportunity Desk - News and Events

Deadline: December 15, 2025
Applications are open for the ELISA Business Scholars Program 2026. The 3-day business experience brings together a cohort of high potential entrepreneurs or founders of startups with bold business ideas for various industry sectors across Africa.
Each scholar is assigned a business leader as their coach for the one-year ELISA Business Scholars Program. With their coaches, scholars attend an immersive training session led by business experts and industry leaders to advance their ideas, refine their business strategy, and create jobs.
ELISA Scholars are trained to manage business financials, develop an investor presentation and elevator pitch. After the training session, ELISA Scholars continue to meet virtually with their coaches once a month for a year to ensure continued refinement and implementation of a business plan. They stay connected using the online ELISA portal.
Benefits
Successful applicants receive:
Eligibility
Application
Your Executive Summary should include (max 2 pages):
Your Curriculum Vitae should include:
Click here to apply
For more information, visit ELISA Business Scholars Program.
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