What does Africa look like if entrepreneurship is seen as a more viable career path? How can transitions to entrepreneurship at an early age be better supported? These are the fundamental questions that drive our work with Anzisha, which aims to fundamentally and significantly increase the number of job-generative entrepreneurs on the continent.

Now in its 12th year, the Anzisha Prize has found, supported and championed the stories over 150 very young entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 to 22 across 32 African countries. These stories have inspired countless others to follow in their footsteps, supported by a growing movement of parents and teachers who are actively improving the viability of early-age entrepreneurship. We seek to use our various prizes, programs, resources, and the theory of change to catalyze not only the belief in very young entrepreneurs but the creation of an ecosystem (parents, educators, policymakers, and investors) that supports entrepreneurship as a viable career choice.

Anzisha.org is a digital library of all of our curriculum development, tools and publications – for free! “The long-term vision is to provide a collection of objectively excellent resources that anyone can use to enrich their own entrepreneurship education programs,” says Josh Adler, Chief Programs Officer at African Leadership Academy. The library is a source of the best in very young entrepreneur education and acceleration. Parents, investors and educators around the world will get our books, magazines and newsletters with rigorous insights and best practices on a regular basis.

Developing successful entrepreneurial businesses run by young people that employ other young people requires time and involvement of many stakeholders across the entrepreneurial ecosystem; achieving the vision requires a movement that grows over time. Key Stakeholders include young people, parents, educators, investors and policymakers.