Closed · PDS-ZAF-FY24-04 · CFDA 19.022 · Discretionary

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs LESA

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to South Africa, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$25K-$119K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 26, 2024
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs LESA is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to South Africa that offered $25,000 -- $119,190 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 71 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to South Africa.

$25K-$119K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.022
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs LESA is closed (last close April 26, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to South Africa still indexes 71 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 26, 2024

Posted Mar 6 Closes Apr 26

Est. Total Funding

$119,190

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs LESA (Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa)The U.S. Mission to South Africa announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs, a 5-month program to train women entrepreneurs based in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini. The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a program of the U.S. Department of State and Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management. The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs LESA (Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa) program is centered on the Francis and Dionne Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative, an accredited online global management and entrepreneurship certificate consisting of five world-class courses and available to learners across the globe.Applicants for this notice of funding opportunity will support cohorts of women entrepreneurs in seven cities – five in South Africa and one each in Lesotho and Eswatini. The cohorts will attend virtual and in-person events at American Spaces in each location. For participation in the 100 Million Learners program, the applicant will work with the U.S. Embassy to identify an in-person alumni facilitator in each city to lead the participants. The AWE LESA program focuses on the 18-module foundation course which has particular focus on global entrepreneurship and innovation.Facilitators will also lead in-person discussions and serve as mentors for program participants. There are a total of 18 sessions taking place on a weekly basis. Facilitators may be alumni of related U.S. government programs and should be selected in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy or Consulate General. Facilitators will attend pre-program training and orientation. The eventual implementing partner will also need to run a program launch, graduation event as well as a pitch practice session in each city.Upon graduation, the implementing partner will work with the U.S. Embassy or Consulate to administer the USADF (United States Africa Development Fund) funding competition to graduates of the program who wish to apply and support the application review process. This competition is run on an annual basis and is subject to the availability of funds.----------------------------------------Please read the full announcement-------------------------------------------

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · PDS-ZAF-FY24-04

Grants.gov marks Academy for Women Entrepreneurs LESA with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to South Africa book (32 peers, 44% of 72).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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