Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships for African Students

Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships for African Students

Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a platform for highly educated young African social, business and political entrepreneurs, attending leading universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged “to work together as one” to unlock the potential of Africa. In this article, we will share more about the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships for African Students.

About Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships for African Students

Harambeans are innovators admitted to the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance, who have pledged “to work together as one” to unlock the potential of Africa. They are an alliance of determined entrepreneurs who are building Africa’s future and transforming Africa’s challenges into opportunities. They are founders of businesses that create positive and scalable change, enabling Africa to reach its boundless potential.

Over the last decade, Harambeans has spawned a series of tech-enabled unicorns such as Andela, Flutterwave, and Yoco, which have collectively generated over 3000 jobs, raised over $700m from Google Ventures, CRE Ventures, and Accel.

Benefits of Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships

Harambeans benefit from the Ecosystem of Opportunities to support their entrepreneurial aspirations, including:

What are the costs?

HBWS participants must cover the following costs:

  • Flights to and from the symposium
  • The registration fee is $50 payable online through the application portal.
  • The HBWS Registration Fee will cover transportation and meals for the 3 nights & 4 days of the Symposium.

Eligibility Requirements for Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships

To be eligible, candidates must meet the criteria below:

  • Born in Africa and current passport holders of an African country
  • Currently enrolled in a college or university or be a recent graduate
  • Exhibited entrepreneurial leadership in their field of interest
  • be at the early idea stage or advanced stages of a social or business venture focused on or related to Africa.

Also, candidates must arrange to have official university transcripts, letters of recommendation and standardized test scores arrive at Yale School of Management by the appropriate application deadline

How to become Harambee?

African innovators interested in becoming Harambeans must submit an application to the Alliance and be interviewed by Harambeans. Candidates who make it past the interview stage are given the designation of Harambean Affiliates and receive invitation to attend the Harambeans Bretton Woods Symposium, where they will be officially recognized as Associates of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance.

For more details, visit the Harambee’s website.

If you like this article on the “Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Scholarships for African Students”,  please share it with your friends and family. Also, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube Channel to ensure you don’t miss any update from us.  Finally, don’t forget to join our community to connect with others. Lastly, you can also follow us on our social media pages – TwitterFacebookInstagram and LinkedIn.

About Emmanuel Oluwatosin

Co-founder & Publisher of AfricaX. He is interested in: Technology | Media | Startup | Business | Education. Emmanuel currently lives in Calgary, Canada with his family.

View all posts by Emmanuel Oluwatosin →

Start the discussion at community.africaextended.com