Aspiring entrepreneurs currently in Grade 12 are invited to apply for Allan Gray Orbis Foundation’s Fellowship Programme.
The programme is open to individuals who have entrepreneurial aspirations and who want to make a big impact not just in their lives, but also in their community, city and country.
The foundation calls on learners who are aspiring entrepreneurs from the matric class of 2024 to apply now for this opportunity that will pave the way to a university education, entrepreneurial mindset development interventions, and personal and academic development support.
Fellowship recipients receive needs-based funding for university based on an annual household income threshold funding model.
Requirements for applicants are South African citizenship, under the age of 21 in the year of application, minimum of 60% in pure mathematics or a minimum of 80% in mathematical literacy for final Grade 11s, minimum average of 70% for final Grade 11 results (excluding life orientation) and intention to study towards a commerce, science, engineering, law, humanities, arts and health science degree (excluding medicine, veterinary science and dentistry) at the universities of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Western Cape, Nelson Mandela, Rhodes, Stellenbosch, Pretoria, Free State, TSiBA and KwaZulu-Natal.
Applicants with a combined annual household income of R1-m and below will receive full funding, whereas applicants with a combined household income of above R1 million will receive needs-based funding.
Applications close on April 30.Go to www.allangrayorbis.org.