The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship gives you the confidence, resources, knowledge, network, and financial support to build a startup with an impact.
The fellowship is for African students and recent grads with a desire to solve pressing problems and bring entrepreneurial ideas to life.
The proven winning formula:
Combine students and recent grads with a willingness to learn, take risks, and commit themselves fully
with best-in-class entrepreneurship training from the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre.
The result? Leaders with the exceptional entrepreneurial skillset and mindset to drive social and financial impact.
Best-in-class Training:
- Business bootcamp delivered by Queen’s University faculty and industry leaders who bring decades of combined entrepreneurship and C-Suite experience
- The Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework, a proven step-by-step framework for scalable startups developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Pitch coaching and mastery
- Certificate awarded for 100% completion of DDQIC’s essential entrepreneurship training modules
Global Visibility and Network:
- Liaise with mentors and speakers leading innovation and entrepreneurship in North America
- Access a Global Network of Queen’s entrepreneurial alumni
- Join a cohort of thousands of like-minded students and recent grads from across Africa
Mentorship:
- Fellows are matched to industry leaders and entrepreneurs in the final phase of the program
- Receive feedback at important startup milestones
Financial Support:
- 15 Fellows will receive a stipend of $500 CAD
- Opportunities to pitch for funding in Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre seed funding competitions
Application Deadline - 30 November 2021
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