Scholarship Programme for Young Entrepreneurial Development – South Africa

Scholarship recipients receive funding to enrol at leading high schools across the country in addition to support and interventions that develop their entrepreneurial talents.

Benefits

The Scholarship Programme Offers High School Entrepreneurial Scholarships

• Equipping The Youth with Entrepreneurial Mindsets
  • The programme aims to produce a confident scholar with entrepreneurial thinking, unlocked potential, leadership qualities, a desire to create value, the ability to solve problems, an aspiration and intention to be a Fellow, an understanding of the culture of community and collaboration, and a positive attitude. The Scholarship Programme is designed to equip the youth with an entrepreneurial mindset to enable future generations to redress the inequalities of the past and to continue the economic and social transformation of South Africa.
• Potential Is Nurtured Through Mentorship
  • The Programme fosters the curiosity and potential already exhibited by these learners through a combination of face-to-face, online and peer learning, as well as one-on-one interventions. The curricula of leading partner high schools are supplemented by mentorship, provided by a dedicated Programme Officer. Scholars complete the programme with an understanding of entrepreneurship and an appreciation of the culture of community and collaboration. They are inspired to create value as part of their entrepreneurial career and are looking forward to becoming Fellows.

Requirements

• Applicant must be a current Gr. 6 learner in the year of application
• Applicant must be a South African citizen
• Applicant must not be older than 12 years of age and not younger than 11 years of age in Gr. 6
• Applicant must demonstrate financial need
• Applicant must obtain a minimum of 70% for both English and Mathematics.

For more information, visit Allan Gray Orbis Foundation.