INSIDE ARISE
The $1 Trillion African Builder Scholarship Opportunity
ARISE Foundry is building a scalable pathway for Africans to learn, build, connect, become fundable and access opportunities — with $10,000 in cumulative educational value per participant.
At full 100 million-person capacity, that represents $1 trillion in aggregate educational value.
What ARISE is
One ecosystem. Three connected layers.
ARISE Foundry is the builder-development layer of a larger ecosystem. It helps founders, entrepreneurs, creators, students and aspiring builders move from idea to structure, execution, validation, growth and funding readiness.
ARISE FOUNDRY
Creates and nurtures builders through structured learning, community and a recurring 90-day building experience.
DOT OS
Connects builders to resources, networks, opportunities, assets and capital pathways over the long term.
AVANTAGE CAPITAL
Helps provide or coordinate appropriate capital pathways for qualified builders and ventures.
The 90-Day Builder Challenge
One virtual program. A rhythm that repeats.
The 2026 Builder Challenge runs virtually across participating communities. Every week follows the same clear structure.
Monday
Goal for the Week
Tuesday
Founder Spotlight
Wednesday
Behind the Hood
Thursday
Real-Life Matters
Friday
Pitchathon
Saturday
Feedback Saturday
Sunday
Build Your Networth
The structure stays the same. The content, founders, businesses and opportunities change every week.
What members access
Learn what you need, when you need it.
Curated learning and practical resources replace the burden of navigating a giant course library.
$10,000 in cumulative educational value
Curated courses and resources across business, entrepreneurship, AI, technology, finance, marketing, sales, fundraising, operations, leadership and growth
Mentorship, founder sessions and a community that helps you keep moving
Networking, visibility, challenges and pathways to relevant opportunities
Education-access ambition
The $1 Trillion African Builder Scholarship Opportunity
The $1 Trillion African Builder Scholarship Opportunity is ARISE’s education-access ambition: make high-value business, technology, entrepreneurship, finance and leadership learning accessible to African builders at no direct course cost to participating members.
$10,000
Cumulative educational value per participant
100M
African capacity as the ecosystem scales
$1T
Aggregate stated educational value at full capacity
The $1 trillion figure represents aggregate educational value, not a $1 trillion cash fund or guaranteed cash payout.
Built to scale
Built for 10 Million. Designed for 100 Million.
ARISE is initially working toward 10 million builders through 10,000 communities and hubs. The underlying model is designed to accommodate 100 million Africans as the ecosystem grows.
10,000
Communities and hubs
~1,000
Participants per community
10M
Initial participants
100 million
Designed ecosystem capacity
We are not scaling 10,000 different programs.
We are distributing one powerful program through thousands of communities.
What happens next
Progress creates new possibilities.
The long-term system is intended to connect qualified builders to appropriate funding, resources and opportunities as they progress. Eligibility, selection, verification, underwriting, partner terms and applicable requirements always apply.
01
Learn
02
Build
03
Validate
04
Grow
05
Become Fundable
06
Access Opportunities
07
Scale
The bigger vision
An ambitious African economic loop.
By 2030, ARISE/DOT OS aims to help enable the creation of 1 million functional billion-dollar businesses from Africa. This is a long-term ambition, not a current result or guarantee.