Programs and Participation
Engagement across this work takes different forms, depending on experience, stage and interest. Participation may involve learning, collaboration, contribution, or shared practice and is designed to be structured and grounded in real work.
Entrepreneurship & Careers
ATLAS Career Hubs
Career and skills hubs supporting job readiness, vocational exposure, and professional pathways for young people and working-age adults transitioning into work. Hubs are developed in partnership with local institutions, with initial focus in Zimbabwe and scope for expansion across African markets.
ELISA Business Scholars Program (EBS)
A selective development programme supporting early and growth stage entrepreneurs building businesses across African markets. The programme combines cohort based learning, executive coaching, peer exchange and exposure through ELISA platforms.
Scholars participate in an immersive multi day training experience focused on business strategy, financial management and execution. Each scholar is paired with an experienced business leader as a coach and continues to engage through structured monthly sessions over one year to support implementation and growth. Participation is by selection.
Gobelo Farmer Co-ops
A cooperative programme supporting smallholder and emerging farmers through shared infrastructure, skills development, and access to markets, with initial implementation rooted in Southern Africa.
Scholar Mentoring & Development Program (SMDP)
A mentoring and career development program connecting university students and early career scientists and engineers in the United States and Puerto Rico with senior executives in the biotech, medtech, and consumer healthcare sectors. Participation is by selection.
TAF Academy
A Pan-African learning and leadership institute offering training programs across professional, technical, and emerging fields, including healthcare, finance, technology, and leadership practice. The academy delivers structured courses, sector-specific learning, and applied instruction designed to strengthen capability across African institutions.
Civic Leadership & Contribution
TAF Chapters
Country-based civic platforms bringing together local leaders, professionals, and volunteers to support coordination and civic capacity. Participation is led and coordinated locally.
TAF Diaspora Hubs
Platforms that enable diaspora communities to coordinate skills, networks and long-term contribution to African institutions.
Education & Youth Development
Gallus Academy
Primary schools in Africa offering formal education alongside leadership development, practical skills and environmental awareness. Engagement includes enrollment, school partnerships and educational collaboration. Admissions and school partnerships are managed directly through the Academy.
Sage Clubs
School-based programmes that equip students in Africa with practical skills, confidence, and opportunities to contribute positively where they live and learn. The work builds leadership and responsibility through hands-on activities and student-led projects that support schools, communities and the environment.
Convening, Learning & Exposure
ELISA Business Summit
An annual Pan-African convening of entrepreneurs, operators, and ecosystem leaders from Africa and beyond, focused on execution, market access and enterprise capability.
Gobelo Farm Tours
An educational program offering guided, on-site exposure to integrated farming, conservation and rural enterprise within a working demonstration farm in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Visitors explore crop cultivation, indigenous botanicals, animal systems, and sustainable practices, while learning how Gobelo evolved from an anti-poaching initiative into a living classroom and innovation hub for value-added agriculture.
Tours are delivered for students, researchers, farmers, families and visitors, including tourists engaging with the Hwange region.
Gwango Cultural Programs
Cultural initiatives located in Zimbabwe at Gwango Heritage Resort, preserve and interpret African heritage through exhibitions, research, and collaboration with local communities. The programs include permanent and temporary displays, guided interpretation, and cultural activities that support understanding of African history, artistic practice and living tradition.
A central component is the BaNambya Cultural Exhibit, a permanent exhibit developed through scholarly research and oral tradition in partnership with local chiefs, elders, and community members. The exhibit documents the history, traditions, and living heritage of the BaNambya people and is grounded in local custodianship and cultural practice.
Some of the work described here requires long-term capital to operate responsibly and endure. This includes education programmes, youth development, place-based enterprise, and civic infrastructure that cannot rely on short-term funding cycles alone.
For those interested in supporting institutional capacity rather than individual projects, more information is available here.
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