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Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship 2026

🏛 Queen's University (Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation 📍 Online 📅 2026
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About this opportunity

The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship provides African students and recent graduates with training, resources, financial support and a network of mentors to develop entrepreneurial skills and start building their own venture. The program runs for eight months and includes a structured training bootcamp, mentorship, networking, and opportunities to earn micro-credentials and prizes.

Benefits & funding

Stipend, mentorship, access to a global network of alumni, business bootcamp training, potential prize money, and networking opportunities.

Eligibility

They accept students and recent graduates from all academic disciplines, and from any African post-secondary institution.

How to apply

Program is delivered virtually and requires weekly commitment.

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