The Aim of Our Fellowship Programme

Our Fellowship Programme equips university students with more than just a degree. It equips students with the tools necessary to flourish in their industry. It provides them with the ability to see the whole picture and to use their voice to fill in the gaps. It’s a directive to do business that’s inclusive, innovative and downright inspirational. It transforms university students personally and is an open-ended invitation to redesign the world.

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Applications are currently closed and will reopen on 1 February 2024.

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Choosing Entrepreneurship as a viable career path

Our Fellowship Programme focuses on cultivating entrepreneurship in Candidate Fellows by ensuring that by the end of the Fellowship Programme, they desire to create value through responsible entrepreneurship, see entrepreneurship as a viable career path, are able to take an idea and develop it into a viable opportunity, understand the value proposition of the Foundation and E2, and value the culture of community and collaboration. Furthermore, their entrepreneurial mindset development curriculum is disseminated via the AGOF Online Campus.

Deepening the understanding of Entrepreneurship

In addition to financial and academic support, each candidate is allocated a Personal Development Officer to help them get to grips with the transition into a new environment; an Entrepreneurial Leadership Officer, who probes them to flex their entrepreneurial muscles; as well as an industry mentor, who deepens their understanding of entrepreneurial traits and concepts in the working world.

What the Fellowship Covers

  • Applicants with a combined annual household income of R1 million (R1 000 000.00) and below will receive full funding
  • Applicants with a combined annual household income of above R1 million (R1 000 000.00) will receive needs-based funding
  • Potential funding will be communicated at the interview stage
  • Speakers and seminars
  • Experiential exercises
  • Workshops
  • Access to business incubation
  • Access to business/venture funding via E Squared, an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation sister entity (available to students in the IVC programme and graduates depending on business idea viability)
  • Personal Leadership Officer (mentorship)
  • Industry mentor
  • Like-minded community
  • Tertiary qualification
  • Responsible thinking and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Well-rounded individual
  • Community-orientated learning

Fellowship Application Requirements and Process

Requirements

  • A Minimum of 60% in Pure Mathematics OR a minimum of 80% in Mathematical Literacy for final grade 11 results
  • A Minimum average of 70% for final Grade 11 results (excluding Life Orientation)
  • The Applicant must be under the age of 21 in the year of their application
  • The Applicant must be a South African citizen
  • An Intention to study towards a Commerce, Science, Engineering, Law, Humanities, Arts & Health Science (Excluding Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry) degree at WITS, UJ, UCT, NMU, RU, UWC, SU, UP, UFS or UKZN

Process

  • Submit your application form and supporting documentation online or via post before or on 28 April 2023, 17:00 SAST
  • Successful applicant candidates will be invited for an interview in July 2023
  • Successful interview candidates will be invited to a selection camp in September 2023
  • To ensure that we offer you the best possible support and customer service, please ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the application form before the closing date. We recommend dedicating at least two days to it

First-year university campaign

The 2023 first-year university campaign is closed for public applications. Each university will have the opportunity to nominate entrepreneurially minded first-year students who meet the Foundation’s first requirements listed below to apply.
  • Must currently be in their 1st year of study (expanded degree programmes welcome)
  • Currently studying toward a degree in the following faculties:
  • Arts
  • Humanities
  • Law
  • Science
  • Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Health Science (excluding Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Sciences)
  • Currently enrolled at the following institutions:
  • WITS University
  • University of Pretoria
  • University of Johannesburg
  • University of the Free State
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Nelson Mandela University
  • Rhodes University
  • TSiBA
  • University of the Western Cape
  • Stellenbosch University
  • University of Cape Town
  • Must have an academic average of 65% after the first semester of 2023
  • Turning no older than 22 years in 2023
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Our 11 Partner Universities

Eastern Cape

  • Rhodes University
  • Nelson Mandela University

Western Cape

  • University of Cape Town
  • University of the Western Cape
  • TSiBA
  • Stellenbosch University

Gauteng

  • University of Johannesburg
  • University of Pretoria
  • University of the Witwatersrand

KwaZulu-Natal

  • University of KwaZulu-Natal

Free State

  • University of the Free State