2027Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship<\/a>. The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship gives African students and recent graduates the opportunity to access training, resources, financial support and a network of mentors to develop their entrepreneurial skills and start building their own venture. The 8-month program develops the exceptional entrepreneurial skillset and mindset of leaders to drive social and financial impact.<\/p>\nEligibility Requirements<\/p>\n
\u2013 You are a citizen of an African country.
\u2013 You are a student currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution or a recent graduate (within the past five years).
\u2013 You have a desire to solve pressing problems and bring an entrepreneurial idea to life.
\u2013 You can commit to completing all three phases of the online program if selected.
\u2013 You have reliable access to the internet and a device to participate in virtual sessions and complete online assignments.<\/p>\n
Program Benefits<\/p>\n
Best In-Class Training<\/p>\n
Business bootcamp delivered by Queen\u2019s University faculty and industry leaders who bring decades of combined entrepreneurship and C-Suite experience<\/p>\n
The Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework, a proven step-by-step framework for scalable startups developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n
Pitch coaching and mastery<\/p>\n
Live workshops on marketing, goal setting,\u00a0and recruiting are held throughout the program<\/p>\n
Opportunity to earn micro-credentials on Entrepreneurship awarded by Queen\u2019s University for successful completion the courses<\/p>\n
Mentorship and Networking<\/p>\n
Liaise with mentors and speakers leading innovation and entrepreneurship in North America<\/p>\n
Access a Global Network of Queen\u2019s entrepreneurial alumni<\/p>\n
Join a cohort of thousands of like-minded students and recent grads from across Africa<\/p>\n
Fellows are matched to industry leaders and entrepreneurs in the final phase of the program<\/p>\n
Receive feedback at important startup milestones<\/p>\n
Financial Support<\/p>\n
Up to 60 Fellows will be selected in the final phase to\u00a0receive a stipend of $500 CAD<\/p>\n
Opportunities to pitch for prizes of up to $15,000 CAD\u00a0in the pitch competition at the end of the program<\/p>\n
Program dates:<\/p>\n
Applications are due December 1, 2026, at 12:59 pm ET.<\/p>\n
Successful candidates will be notified of our decision by the end of December 2026.<\/p>\n
Phase 1 \u2013 Explore Entrepreneurship\u00a0January 2027 \u2013 February 2027<\/p>\n
Phase 2 \u2013 Ignite Entrepreneurship\u00a0March 2027 \u2013 April 2027<\/p>\n
Phase 3 \u2013 Launch Entrepreneurship\u00a0May 2027 \u2013 August 2027<\/p>\n
For More Information:<\/p>\n
Visit the Official Webpage of the Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 Application Deadline: December 1, 2026, at 12:59 pm ET. Applications are now open for the 2027Jim Leech…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,4203,257491,257492,257493,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-781526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-the-2027-jim-leech-mastercard-foundation-fellowship-on-entrepreneurship","tag-the-2027-jim-leech-mastercard-foundation-fellowship-on-entrepreneurship-for-young-african-students-recent-graduates","tag-the-jim-leech-mastercard-foundation-fellowship-on-entrepreneurship","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}