StudENT for Africa- Entrepreneurial Startup Programme (PDAI)

  • What it is

    Training programme for business ideas for Africa

  • Who it’s for

    Teams selected from the Call for Startups, StudENT for Africa category

  • What it’s for

    Developing your business project targeting African markets

  • When

    March-June

PDAI - Africa is a course to support the development of business ideas, held by the University of Bologna in collaboration with Nove Business Consulting. 

The PDAI - Africa integrates the PDAI Entrepreneurship programme, intended for all winners of the Call for Startups 2024, by providing lectures and one-to-one mentoring for projects selected from the StudENT for Africa sub-category, and  is designed to foster skills, tools and enabling technologies for the sustainability of the entrepreneurial project in the markets and territories of the African continent.

 

 

PROGRAMME

Tutor and Speaker: Fabio Santoni, Nove Business Consulting

Course language: English

Virtual Teams Classroom: StudENT for Africa - 2024

 

  • Meeting 1 - 20.03.2024, 4-6 pm

From Idea to Business

 How to define your idea in the African context

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 2 - 27.03.2024, 4-6 pm

The Market

How to insert your business idea in the African market

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 3 - 09.04.2024, 4-6 pm

Business Modeling

The creation of a Business Model tailored to the idea and the target market

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 4 - 16.04.2024, 4-6 pm

PrEtotyping

A guide to prEtotyping as a tool for validating your business proposal

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 5 - 24.04.2024, 4-7 pm

1to1 Checkpoint

One-hour 1to1 meeting for each individual business project

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 6 - 06.05.2024, 4-6 pm

Communication

Forms and strategies of communication tailored to the continent and the market

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 7 - 15.05.2024, 4-6 pm

Business Planning

Guide to the implementation of the Business Plan with focus on the operational destination environment

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 8 - 22.05.2024, 4-6 pm

Pitching

Presenting your business idea

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 9 - 29.05.2024, 4-6 pm

Pitch Validation

One-hour pitch validation for each individual business project, in preparation for the Startup Day

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 10 - 05.06.2024, 5-6 pm

Closing

Closing meeting and final validation

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