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Business Mentorship
Guidance from experienced people who can help entrepreneurs think through direction, strategy, and execution.
Entrepreneurship Programme
Helping young entrepreneurs build businesses with structure, confidence and support.
The EAF Entrepreneurship Programme supports young founders and aspiring entrepreneurs through business mentorship, practical training, growth guidance, tools, grant pathways, accountability, and access to a mission-driven support network.
501(c)(3) Nonprofit — United StatesRegistered Nonprofit — NigeriaUnited Nations ECOSOC Consultative Status
Entrepreneurship support that goes beyond motivation.
This programme helps participants think clearly, build responsibly, structure their ideas, access guidance, and prepare for growth.
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Business Clarity
Strengthen the idea, audience, offer, model, and direction.
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Mentorship
Connect with practical guidance from experienced leaders.
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Growth Pathway
Prepare for tools, support, grants, visibility, and next steps.
Programme Purpose
Great ideas need structure before they can become sustainable.
Many young entrepreneurs have passion, creativity, and ambition, but they are often building without a clear offer, customer strategy, operating structure, financial discipline, mentorship, or access to resources.
The Entrepreneurship Programme helps close that gap by providing a structured pathway for practical business growth. Participants are guided to think clearly about their business, understand their market, improve their offer, strengthen systems, and prepare for funding or support opportunities.
The goal is not only to help people start businesses. The goal is to help them build responsibly, serve customers well, create value, and contribute to stronger communities.
What Participants Receive
Practical support for entrepreneurs ready to build.
The programme is designed to strengthen the founder, the business idea, the offer, the systems, and the path to growth.
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Business Structure
Support around offers, customers, operations, pricing, visibility, documentation, and next-step planning.
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Grant Pathways
Access to entrepreneurship grant information, application guidance, review expectations, and support opportunities.
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Tools & Training
Practical training, templates, systems guidance, workshops, events, and resources that support business readiness.
Programme Focus
From idea to execution, the programme builds the founder and the business.
EAF’s entrepreneurship pathway focuses on the practical parts of building: identifying the customer, clarifying the offer, improving the business model, strengthening operations, creating visibility, preparing for funding, and learning how to lead with responsibility.
01Idea Clarity
02Business Readiness
03Mentor Guidance
04Growth Support
Who This Is For
For entrepreneurs who are serious about moving from idea to action.
This programme is built for young people who want to create value, build responsibly, and learn what it takes to strengthen a business.
- Early-stage entrepreneursFounders who are building, testing, or strengthening a business idea.
- Aspiring foundersYoung people with business ideas who need clarity, guidance, and structure.
- Community buildersEntrepreneurs creating solutions that can serve people, create jobs, or solve real problems.
- Growth-minded participantsApplicants who are ready to learn, follow through, receive feedback, and take action.
Review Standards
Applications are reviewed with seriousness and care.
Submitting an application begins the review process and does not guarantee selection, funding, mentorship, training, public listing, or grant approval.
- Mission fitThe business idea or founder journey aligns with the foundation’s empowerment mission.
- ReadinessThe applicant demonstrates seriousness, clarity, effort, and willingness to be guided.
- Need and opportunityThe applicant explains the challenge, support needed, and opportunity for growth.
- Available capacitySupport is based on programme availability, review outcomes, and foundation capacity.
Programme Pathway
A clear journey from application to growth.
The programme pathway gives applicants and participants a responsible process for engagement.
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Apply
Submit the entrepreneurship programme or grant application with clear business information.
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Review
EAF reviews your submission based on mission fit, readiness, need, and available capacity.
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Prepare
Selected participants receive next steps for mentorship, training, business support, or grant consideration.
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Build
Participants work on clarity, structure, execution, reporting, and responsible growth.
Connected Opportunities
Entrepreneurs can connect to multiple EAF pathways.
The Entrepreneurship Programme connects naturally to mentorship, grants, events, tools, and partner support.
GRT
Entrepreneurship Grant
Review the grant pathway for qualified entrepreneurs seeking funding support.
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Mentor Support
Connect to mentorship opportunities that support business direction and founder development.
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Events & Training
Attend workshops, trainings, summits, and gatherings created for learning and connection.
View eventsReady to build your business with clarity and support?
Take the next step through the EAF entrepreneurship pathway. Submit your application, review the grant opportunity, or connect with the mentorship programme.