The SoCreative Africa learning program for aspiring and early-stage young African entrepreneurs is focused on entrepreneurship and delivers a collection of free online courses for the next generation of African leaders to support them through their business journey.
Upon completing the program, participants will receive a certificate as evidence of their achievement. The certificate will make you eligible to apply for sustained support through mentoring, coaching, incubation, and acceleration through our wider work in participating countries.
The program is developed to support the British Council’s wider Creative Economy strand, designed to help develop an ecosystem in which young entrepreneurs can thrive.
Program Modules
Creative Entrepreneurship
Basic Understanding the Creative Economy (Including what sectors constitute the Creative Economy, and the economic, social, and cultural value of the Creative Industries) 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
Provide participants with an understanding of the impact of entrepreneurship, social innovation, and factors to consider in pivoting enterprises to achieve social impact
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
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
