Seeking Funding? These Challenge Funds Can Work For You

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Want to know how to get funding for your business in Africa? Are you looking for capital to start a new business or grow an already established company in Africa? Have you tried other alternatives and sources of funding but failed? Is capital your biggest headache and obstacle right now? A challenge fund is a […]

Impact Opportunities: Application For LEAP Africa’s Fellowship Programme Now Open

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Join today’s brightest stars in social entrepreneurship! Applications are now open for the next intake of Fellows for LEAP Africa’s Social Innovators Programme  The Fellowship connects  outstanding change agents to training, funding, and professional network support required to strengthen their existing initiatives and enhance their impact and sustainability. Are you eligible to apply? Intending applicants must […]

In Entrepreneurship skills are “the great equalizer.”

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Written by Evan Carmichael “Every now and then I like to pick up a copy of Time magazine and read every article from beginning to end, not just the articles that interest me most,” says Gates. “That way you can be certain to learn something you didn’t know previously.” Learning is an essential ingredient of any […]

The Acceleration Trap – Ideas for Leaders.

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Faced with intense market pressures, corporations often take on more than they can handle: They increase the number and speed of their activities, raise performance goals, shorten innovation cycles, and introduce new management technologies or organizational systems. For a while, they succeed brilliantly, but too often the CEO tries to make this furious pace the […]

Young Leaders Tackling Nigeria’s Social Issues

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Congratulations to our 2017 Fellows! LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme (SIP) is a one year fellowship which supports talented young social innovators, whose ideas and initiatives offer effective and creative solutions to challenges in local communities across Nigeria. Through training and strategic support systems, the Fellows are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to sustain and scale […]