EDUCATING AFRICA Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education
The winners of the 2011 Educating Africa Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education have been announced! Congratulations to all who entered. Please click here to see the list of winners.
Teach A Man To Fish are delighted to announce the winners of the 2011 Educating Africa Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education. We received over 350 entries from 32 countries - by far the most we have ever received in the five years since we first ran the competition. The overall quality of entries was outstanding and it was very exciting to see so much innovative work taking place all over Africa.
The First Prize of $10,000 was awarded to The Smallholders Foundation, Nigeria and the two Runners-Up Prizes of $5,000, were awarded to URDT and Volunteer Uganda, both from Uganda. In addition, 26 country level prize winners were selected by the judges to receive a prize of $1,000 for their impressive entrepreneurial approaches to education. The top three award-winners will also receive a fully sponsored trip to the Education That Pays For Itself 2012, the premier international conference on sustainable education.
To read more about the competition winners, please click here.
Entrepreneurship in Education 
What are the main features of projects we look for?
- They’re entrepreneurial: developing innovative, replicable & scalable approaches to tackling entrenched problems in education; empowering future generations of entrepreneurs
- They’re sustainable: financially, socially and environmentally; looking beyond donations and subsidies as the primary means of creating positive social and environmental outcomes
- They create impact: achieving measurable results in terms of educational achievement and economic outcomes for participants and their communities
Organizations running such programs can be found across Africa; driven by social entrepreneurs who understand the role education can play within their communities in creating positive social change. All too often, however, these programs never receive the true recognition they deserve. The EDUCATING AFRICA Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education represent a small step forward in terms of drawing international attention to their achievements.
Previous winners of EDUCATING AFRICA Awards
Some Inspiring Words from Previous Awards Winners
“In addition to the generous financial support, we've received media attention from the prize and more credibility in the field. Teach a Man to Fish's name is well respected, so receiving an award from them helps give Educate!'s mission and approach greater recognition from partners and foundations in this field.”
Educate!, Uganda – 1st Prize Winner 2009
“The Ministries of Higher Education, Agriculture, Provincial Administration and that of Adult Education looked at Icoseed with high regard for being the best Kenya project to win the 2009 Pan African Award For Entrepreneurship in Education. Many people came to see what we were doing and gave more support.”
Icoseed, Kenya– Country Prize Winner
“I think being a winner in this competition really served to re-motivate us as a team. It showed us that we were making good progress and that we shouldn't give up the battle.”
H.E.L.P, Malawi – Country Prize Winner
“As a result of the attention we received from winning an award, we have received support from the European Union funded project in Nigeria – Support to Reforming Institutions Programme (SRIP).”
South Saharan Social Development Organisation, Nigeria – Country Prize Winner
The Awards Sponsor
