AFRICAN

LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
BECOME A
SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS
OWNER

PROJECT 100,000
APPLICANT BENEFITS Build the skill required to build a successful
business with a series of 6 courses carefully
tailored for business enthusiasts and startup
founders. You will learn from Ideation to
launching.

Peer-to-peer learning with other scholars from

over 50 countries and take part in discussions
and practical tasks that will foster your learning
quickly with results.

Learn the vital aspects in business which

include; vision and opportunities, people and
network, customers and competitors, business
processes, managing finances, and funding
your business.
HOW IT WORKS
HOW IT WORKS
African Leadership Institute is collaborating with organisations to educate
business enthusiasts of all levels. The organisations invites learners, 18 years of
age or older who are interested in expanding their business skills and knowledge
of building a successful business to enrol in the ALI Business Development
Scholarship program.

The students learning begins as soon as they complete their enrollment with
your organisation. Scholarship recipients will spend three (3 )weeks in the ALI
Business Development Course, studying vision and opportunities, people and
network, customers and competitors, business processes, managing finances,
and business funding. This course is intended to help business enthusiast get
started with building a successful business. When they successfully complete
the course, they will be awarded with a certificate of completion.

At the end of the ALI Business Learning Course, learners will take an
assessment which will be coordinated by your organisation from which top 20
students will be selected for a one month follow-up mentorship program which
has been designed by the African Leadership Institute.
 THE LEARNERS JOURNEY
3-Steps Process

Commit 3-5 hours a

Apply for the ALI
Business Learning
Courses with any of
week and finish the
class in 3 weeks MENTORSHIP
our partner
Organisation. Top performers from
3 the course gets selected
2 for a month mentorship
1 program.

Learn the best

approaches for
starting a
business
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
Anyone 18 years of age and older
is encouraged to apply.
Scholarship recipients should be
prepared to invest about 3-5 hours
per week during the Course, which
should run ~ 3 weeks, and about 5
hours per week during the
Mentorship program, which should
run for a month.
All learners are welcome to take
the course, but completion of an
assessment and being part of the
top 20 learners is required to
move to the phase 2.
WHEN WILL APPLICATION
OPEN AND CLOSE?
Application opening date will be
set by your organisation and
you determine the closing date
as well.
We recommend that the
application duration should not
be more than 3 weeks and you
use every medium possible to
reach out to those who will
benefit from this scholarship.
IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC
HOUR THAT LEARNERS
SHOULD BE ONLINE?

Learners can study at their own schedule so long as

they complete the course within 3 weeks. That is to
say, they have complete access to the course 24
hours a day. We understand that learners have
different schedules and will work on their course at
different times and on different days. What’s
important is that learners make consistent
progress each and every week and get through all
the content before the end of the course.
ARE THERE ANY NON-
TECHNICAL PREREQUISITES
OR COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS PROGRAM?
The program will require learners to study and perform tasks
on the ALI learning platform. Learners will NOT be required to
pay or submit a credit card detail to have access to the course.
GUIDE FOR PARTNER

The following are mapped out guidelines for our partnering

organisations to walk them through the program journey.

1. Make partnership announcement

2. Call for scholarship application
3. Selection and enrolment
4. Onboarding session and nurturing
5. End of program
1. MAKE PARTNERSHIP
ANNOUNCEMENT

You can use various channels to make this

The general public must be aware of the
announcement. Examples are;
scholarship partnership program between
your organisation and African Leadership
1. Blog
Institute.
2. Newsletters
3. Social Media
Remember, your organisation takes credit for
4. Newspaper and radio
the partnership. We recommend that the
5. Email, etc.
announcement headline should be;

(Organisation Name) in partnership with

African Leadership Institute is giving 
scholarship worth $40 to (Number of persons
not less than 1000) to study Business
Development.
2. CALL FOR APPLICATION
At this stage, you are calling on the general
public to apply for the scholarship program.
We recommend that you create a registration
page on your company's website or make use
of Google form to get applicants data.
Your organisation determines when the
application opens and closes however, it
should be within 3 weeks timeframe.
The following data are expected to be captured
during registration.
1. Full Name (As expected on certificate)
2. Email address
3. Mobile phone number (with country code)
4. Country
5. Do you own a business?
Your organisation can add more fields that will be
relevant to your organisation.
NOTE: ALI will only use applicants data for the
purpose of creating an account for the user on
our platform. We will not be held responsible for
any misuse of data by your organisation.
3. SELECTION AND
ENROLMENT
At this stage, you select successful applicants and
send their data to use for enrolment on the ALI
Learning platform.
All applicants should be emailled about their selection
status. Included in the congratulatory email should be
a link to join a slack channel or Telegram group for
onboarding session.
You are required to guide the learners through their
learning journey as such we recommend a Slack
channel or Telegram group for all the learners so as to
reach them easily and faster. However, we warn
against WhatsApp group.
The Slack Channel or Telegram group should only be
for the purpose of this program alone.
Activities that should take place on the group
should include but not limited to;
1. Answer learners question about the
program
2. Reminder on deadline
3. Motivate learners to keep going
4. Give timely information
The group can continue to exist after the
program which could serve as a community
for your organisation or could be dissolved
afterwards.
4. ONBOARDING AND
NURTURING
An onboarding session is a way of addressing the learners Some of the things that could be discussed
and getting them started with the program. during the onboarding session are the following;

During the onboarding session, your team will address the 1. About the program
learners and enlighten them about the program and your 2. About your ogranisation
organisation. 3. The outcome of the program
4. How the prorgam will run
5. Rules and regulations guiding the process
defined by your ogranisation.
5. END OF PROGRAM

The end of the 3rd week is known as the end of the

program. We expect all learners to have completed the
course by now and they should have earned 6
certificates.

The final step is for your organisation to give an

assesment to the learners. The assessment should be
business oriented, online based and practical driven.

The top 20 learners from the assessment will have the

opportunity to continue their journey with us for the
Phase 2 of the program which is a month free
mentorship program by ALI.
THE SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
The social experience is an activity by the learners to create buzz on social
media about their learning experience.

Learners are expected to shared their daily learning experience on social

media. This should include what they've learnt and what action they are
taking. This activity should take place on twitter and facebook.

You could also promote your organisation through the social experience.

The following hashtags should be included in their post.

#YourOrganisationHashtag
#LearnWithALI
@educate_ali
 THANK YOU!
Breeding a new set of business pioneers

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