Africa.com Call for Applications: Africa Live! Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Africa.com is pleased to announce a collaboration with Harvard Business School and edX to bring a unique course on entrepreneurship to the African market.
Harvard Business School professors are launching a new online course to teach entrepreneurs how to build scalable businesses designed to solve core problems in Africa. Unlike other business courses, this one focuses on identifying points of opportunity for smart entrepreneurial efforts through live online lectures, peer-to-peer learning, and real-life lessons incorporated into participants’ own business plan. The six-week online course starts on January 11, 2021. The online classes will be for 2 hours each Saturday starting January 16, 2021, and finishing February 20, 2021, from 8 am to 10 am Eastern Time.
The course provides a series of time-tested lecture content and active reading assignments. Each week participants engage with course content and readings, and the weekends with a live webinar section that includes HBS faculty and leaders from the African business community.
Curriculum:
- Week 1: Identifying an opportunity—Institutional Voids
- Week 2: Standardizing and Scaling
- Week 3: Defining Your Brand
- Week 4: Defending your business model from its inception
- Week 5: Developing Partnerships and Platforms
- Week 6: Launching your business venture
Participants who complete the course will get a verified certificate from HarvardX, Harvard University’s online learning platform.
We are especially pleased to announce that need based scholarships, and payment plans, are available to defray the cost.
Read more here.
