British Council SoCreative Africa Learning Programme 2025

The Creative Economy E-Learning programme 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 programme, 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 programme is developed to support the British Council’s wider Creative Economy strand, designed to help develop an ecosystem in which young entrepreneurs can thrive.

• Table of Content
• About British Council
• SoCreative Africa Learning Programme
• Aim and Benefits of SoCreative Africa Learning Programme
• Requirements for SoCreative Africa Learning Programme Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About British Council

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust. We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Last year we reached over 80 million people directly and 791 million p... continue reading

SoCreative Africa Learning Programme

Application Deadline	Not Specified
Type	Training
Sponsor	British Council
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of SoCreative Africa Learning Programme

The British Council SoCreative Africa Learning aims to :

• Empower young African entrepreneurs to take ownership of their livelihoods,
• Focus the entrepreneurial enthusiasm of young Africans through a platform for
  self-learning, and
• Build a new generation of creative entrepreneurs to boost the economies of
  African nations.

Upon completing the programme, 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.

Requirements for SoCreative Africa Learning Programme Qualification

Programme Modules

Creative Entrepreneurship 

Basic 
Understanding the Creative Economy (Including what sectors constitute the Creative Economy, 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 impact 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 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

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to British Council on phoneverification.azurefd.net to apply

For more details, visit British Council website