I want to start this course with my own growth journey, because I don’t want to teach you social media theory. I want to show you what I actually did. I’ve had my TikTok account since 2020. But after years of being on the platform, I had only around 1,300 followers. Then I changed the way I approached content. In approximately 8 months, I grew from around 1,300 followers to almost 14,000. That wasn’t magic. I didn’t suddenly become more talented. I didn’t have any advertising budget it is all organic! And I definitely didn’t have every video go viral. I became intentional. *Screenshot of 31 august 2026 I started posting more consistently. I tested different hooks. I paid attention to what people watched, commented on and shared. I learned which parts of my personality, knowledge, experiences and stories connected with people. And when something worked, I stopped immediately moving on to the next idea. I repeated it. That is one of the biggest lessons I want you to take from this course: Growth is not about creating one perfect viral post. It’s about creating, testing, learning and repeating what works. During one 7-day period, my TikTok generated 62.2K views, with 90.7% of my traffic coming from the For You page. Individual videos reached 18K and 16K views, while other videos got only a few hundred views. And that’s completely normal. On Instagram, I also saw 84.9% of my views coming from non-followers. That’s exactly what you want when you’re trying to grow: your content needs to travel beyond the people who already know you. From 1,300 → 14K The biggest shift wasn’t the algorithm. The biggest shift was my strategy. What post have you done today?

1. GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2026 Up to $50,000 in growth funding For young African founders building agribusiness and food-system ventures. Deadline: June 28, 2026 https://gogettaz.africa/ 2. Founder Institute - Startup-building programme with global mentor network - Multiple intakes throughout the year Deadline: July 28, 2026 https://fi.co/join 3. FCI4Africa Open Call 1 - Financial support for agritech startups, SMEs, and innovators - Focus: Trade, market access, and food systems innovation - Open to startups and research-driven ventures Deadline: June 30, 2026 https://fci4africa.eu/open-calls/open-call-1/ 4. develoPPP Ventures 2026 - Catalytic funding for innovative startups expanding in Africa - Focus on scalable businesses with development impact - Eligible countries include Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania Deadline: June 30, 2026 https://www.wise-qatar.org/ 5. World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Awards 2026/27 Share of $1 million in awards and support For innovative education-focused projects and ventures. Deadline: June 27, 2026 https://www.developpp.de/en/application/ventures/

Incredible investment advise from a Nigerian banker living in England. The most amount of money he made in a day was 30M pounds. See video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8bp74Aa/ The power of wealth is leverage. If you buy a building and invest 100k and lend 900k thats how you buy a million pound building. My question for this group how do you apply principles like this in Africa, where the banking system works differently? And the interest is way higher than in Europe?

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