British Council SoCreative Africa Learning Programme 2023

British Council SoCreative Africa Learning Programme 2023

The SoCreative Africa learning programme for aspiring and early-stage young African entrepreneurs is focused on entrepreneurship and delivers a collection of free online courses for the next generation of African leaders to support them through their business journey. 

About British Council

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust. We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Last year we reached over 80 million people directly and 791 million p... read more

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SoCreative Africa Learning Programme

Application DeadlineNot Specified
TypeEntrepreneurs
SponsorBritish Council
GenderMen and Women

Aim and Benefits of SoCreative Africa Learning Programme

Upon completing the programme, participants will receive a certificate as evidence of their achievement. The certificate will make you eligible to apply for sustained support through mentoring, coaching, incubation and acceleration through our wider work in participating countries.

The programme is developed to support the British Council’s wider Creative Economy strand, designed to help develop an ecosystem in which young entrepreneurs can thrive. 

Requirements for SoCreative Africa Learning Programme Qualification

Programme Modules

Creative Entrepreneurship 

Basic  Understanding the Creative Economy (Including what sectors constitute the Creative Economy, the economic, social and cultural value of the Creative Industries) using relevant case studies and data to aid understanding).

Course 1: Intro to African Creative Economy   Course 2: Bringing Your Idea to Life   Course 3: Finding the Right People   Course 4: Building Your Business   Course 5: Branding and Marketing your Business 

Intermediate  With the basic course as a recommended pre-requisite, the intermediate course will provide additional depth to basic courses and includes the following: 

Course 1: Your Entrepreneurship Strategy   Course 2: Personal and Business Growth Strategies   Course 3: Protecting My Business   Course 4: Finance For Creative Business   Course 5: Building and Leading Teams   Course 6: Raising Capital for My Business   Course 7: Promoting and Pitching My Business  

Social Impact through Creative Entrepreneurship 

Provide participants with an understanding of impact entrepreneurship, social innovation and factors to consider in pivoting enterprises to achieve social impact

Topic 1: Introduction to ‘Impact Entrepreneurship’   Topic 2: Introduction to Impact Economy – balancing profit with impact   Topic 3: Understanding Social Innovation (including Human Centered Design)   Topic 4: Factors to consider in pivoting your enterprise to achieve social impact   Topic 5: Impact Entrepreneurship of the 21st Century: The role of technology   Topic 6: Inclusion, Sustainability and Values and Ethics   Topic 7: Types of financing for Impact Enterprises and how to attract them

Creative Economy Policy

This intermediate course provides relevant insight for policy stakeholders in relation to the creative economy 

Topic 1: Refresher on Introduction to Policy Making   Topic 2: Understanding the Creative Economy   Topic 3: The role of creative economy in sustainable development   Topic 4: Approaches to Creative Economy Policy   Topic 5: Steps to consider for the development or strengthening of the creative economy

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to British Council on phoneverification.azurefd.net to apply

For more details, visit British Council website.


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