SIFE is dedicated to nurturing the entrepreneurial skills of university students in a way that is both effective for them in developing their future careers and meaningful to the community.

The students, guided by university and business advisers, set themselves up in teams to develop projects which create economic opportunity for others. The projects are based on helping to increase knowledge of entrepreneurship, market economics, personal success skills, financial literacy and business ethics. Each year, students present their projects at competitions which are held in every SIFE country; the winners go on to a global competition: the SIFE World Cup.