British Council Empowerment Opportunities for Young African Creatives: Apply Now
Are you seeking an international opportunity to exhibit your talent? Have you been looking for jobs and can’t find any around? Do you seek to be empowered through international exposure and opportunity by the British Council in Nigeria? If yes, this is your opportunity to get empowered to get your dream job as a creative artist for free.
The African Youth Entrepreneurship Program by
The British Council through SoCreative Africa has been meticulously
designed to cater to the aspirations and nascent endeavours of young African
entrepreneurs. Rooted in the realm of entrepreneurship, this program presents
an array of invaluable, online courses that come absolutely free of charge. The
focus is to nurture and empower young African entrepreneurs with skills and a
certificate that will ensure they contribute to human development in the
nearest future
Upon the successful conclusion of the program, participants
will be awarded a certificate which will serve as tangible proof of their journey through the learning experience and will
guarantee the successful participant’s access to personalized mentoring,
insightful coaching, nurturing incubation, and the swift acceleration of growth
– all woven intricately into our multifaceted initiatives spanning across
participating countries.
The program is in modules and the modules are as follows:
Programme Modules
Creative Entrepreneurship
Basic
This is an introductory-level course. Students will be introduced to Understanding the Creative Economy. This will include the sectors that constitute the
Creative Economy, and the economic, social and cultural values of the diverse sectors of the Creative industry using relevant case studies and data to aid understanding.
Course 1: Intro to African Creative Economy
Course 2: Bringing Your Idea to Life
Course 3: Finding the Right People
Course 4: Building Your Business
Course 5: Branding and Marketing Your Business
Intermediate
With the basic course as a recommended pre-requisite, the intermediate course
will provide additional depth to basic courses and includes the
following:
Course 1: Your Entrepreneurship Strategy
Course 2: Personal and Business Growth Strategies
Course 3: Protecting My Business
Course 4: Finance For Creative Business
Course 5: Building and Leading Teams
Course 6: Raising Capital for My Business
Course 7: Promoting and Pitching My Business
Social Impact through Creative Entrepreneurship
Courses Offered Include:
Topic 1: Introduction to ‘Impact
Entrepreneurship
Topic 2: Introduction to Impact Economy – balancing profit with
impact
Topic 3: Understanding Social Innovation (including Human-Centered
Design)
Topic 4: Factors to consider in pivoting your enterprise to achieve social
impact
Topic 5: Impact Entrepreneurship of the 21st Century: The role of
technology
Topic 6: Inclusion, Sustainability and Values and Ethics
Topic 7: Types of financing for Impact Enterprises and how to attract them
Creative Economy Policy
This intermediate course provides relevant insight for
policy stakeholders in relation to the creative economy
Courses on offer include:
Topic 1: Refresher on Introduction to Policy
Making
Topic 2: Understanding the Creative Economy
Topic 3: The role of the creative economy in sustainable development
Topic 4: Approaches to Creative Economy Policy
Topic 5: Steps to consider for the development or strengthening of the creative
economy
This program is offered free to young African Cretives and is one of the training and empowerment initiatives by the British Council in Nigeria
Click here Visit the official page of the British Council SoCreative Africa Learning Program