The Anzisha Prize has launched a digital resource library in conjunction with Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy, aimed at providing an empowerment platform for African entrepreneurs through continuous learning and education.
The project, an initiative of Anzisha.org, is a free-to-use library for entrepreneurship curriculum and development tools which is powered by lessons gleaned over the past decade of the Anzisha Prize’s existence, according to the Chief Programs Officer at African Leadership Academy, Josh Adler.
Adler, in a statement while announcing the launch of the digital library, said its implementation of programmes would “bolster entrepreneurship success among very young African entrepreneurs as the library is a rich source of content curated for parents, investors and educators.”
“The long-term vision for Anzisha.org is to provide a collection of objectively excellent resources that anyone can use to enrich their own entrepreneurship journeys or educational programmes,” he said.
“Users can access e-books, research, articles, video, audio, magazines and newsletters featuring insights and best practices that are uploaded onto the platform on a regular basis.”
“Resources such as case studies and films, for example, can help teachers to enrich lesson plans or project assignments.
“Similarly, young entrepreneurs can use the resources for professional development while youth entrepreneurship programme managers can use the assets to convince donors why their programmes deserve support with evidence and data.
“Furthermore, the resource hub provides young entrepreneurs the opportunity to gain access to valuable insights from communities of experts whose content aims to inspire and support those among them with leadership potential to pursue and succeed in entrepreneurship,” Adler added.