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 2025, 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

Highlights

Virtual Teams Classroom: StudENT for Africa - 2025

 

  • Meeting 1 and Meeting 2- 23.04.2025, 2-6 p.m.

From Idea to Business

 How to define your idea in the African context

The Market

How to insert your business idea in the African market

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Mentoring 1to1 - 24.04.2025, 4-6.10 p.m.

From Idea to Business

Analysis of specific skills and definition of targets

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 3 - 29.04.2025, 4-6 p.m.

Business Modeling

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

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Mentoring 1to1 - 30.04.2025 ore 4.30-6.40 p.m.

The Market

Analysis of the framework and definition of specific functional needs

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 4 - 08.05.2025 ,4-6 p.m.

PrEtotyping

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

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Mentoring 1to1 - 09.05.2025, 4-6.10 p.m.

Business Modeling

Design and implementation of a Business Model on the specific business idea and target market

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Meeting 5 - 12.05.2024, 2-4 p.m.

Communication

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

LIVE in AlmaLabor - via U. Foscolo, 7 - Bologna

 

  • Meeting 6 - 16.05.2024, 4-6 p.m.

Business Planning

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

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Mentoring 1to1 - 19.05.2024, 4-6.10 p.m.

Communication

Design, development and implementation of a communication plan suited to the specific context and business

Link to Teams Virtual Room

 

  • Mentoring 1to1 - 20.05.2024, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.

Business Planning and Pitching

- Development and implementation of the BP with focus on the target scenario;

- Design, development and implementation of different types of pitches and model tests for Startup Day 2025

LIVE in AlmaLabor - via U.Foscolo, 7 - Bologna

 

  • Mentoring 1to1 - 05.06.2024, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.

Final Check

Closing meeting and final validation

LIVE in AlmaLabor - via U.Foscolo, 7 - Bologna

 

Highlights