Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition Invites Business Professionals as Judges
By Abdi Ali
Published May 17, 2023
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition invites business professionals from across Africa as judges of its 2023 edition.
Seasoned entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, academics, and business professionals from all sectors are invited to join the ABH community of judges.
ABH says hundreds of judges support and mentor African entrepreneurial talents taking part in the competition at all levels of the competition.
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“As an ABH judge, I have enjoyed supporting entrepreneurs over the last two years. I’ve learned as much as I have mentored, and I am inspired each time I connect with an ABH entrepreneur. In addition to supporting amazing participants, I have made so many new connections with passionate ABH judges that work all over the continent,” says Akua Nyame-Mensah, Executive Coach and Co-Founder of A.N.M. & Company and CoffeeChat.
Besides providing guidance and evaluation for the contestants, judges can also connect with the ABH ecosystem of more than 100,000 stakeholders, including investors, entrepreneurs and ABH partners through judge networking sessions hosted by ABH. After completing the judging process, they will be awarded a certificate and featured on ABH’s official website.
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In addition to the US$1.5 million cash grant, applicants will also gain access to mentoring, networking, and publicity opportunities for their ventures. All applicants have access to training and scaling opportunities across a vast range of business disciplines through webinars, presentations and events, such as the Alibaba Netpreneur Training programme.
The top 50 candidates will be announced in July, the top 20 semi-finalists in August, and the top 10 finalists in September. The return of a large-scale Grand Finale and Summit is slated for November 2023.
ABH, that is in its fifth year, is a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy.
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