The WVL Nigeria Project Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) is a small grant designed to support innovative ideas and initiatives addressing women and girls’ rights issues from feminist organizations and/or women’s rights organizations or movements in Nigeria. The funding opportunity targets innovative ideas which can serve as a catalyst for new ways of doing things towards achieving gender equality and or women and girls enjoying their rights. (more…)
DevCareer, a non-profit organization, partners with UK-Nigeria Tech Hub to upskill 1700 technology enthusiasts through The DevCareer Tech Program. Our goal at DevCareer is to support underrepresented tech talents entering the industry by providing resources, scholarships in collaboration with learning platforms, fostering an inclusive community, and exploring innovative approaches. (more…)
Kickstart is an initiative of the International Breweries Foundation and it focuses on enterprise growth and development for young entrepreneurs. The programme supports youth-owned businesses through the provision of training, access to capital (grants) and mentoring.
The International Breweries Foundation is an arm of International Breweries Plc, (a proud part of the AB InBev Group) with the objective of delivering impactful, developmental, and sustainable projects. (more…)
About Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton
Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton program is the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by Access Bank’s W Initiative. The program in its maiden edition provided a free mini-MBA certification for 50 women entrepreneurs in Nigeria as well as financial grants worth N9 million to the top 3 applicants. This it done in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group). (more…)
The GET Accelerated programme organized by Grooming Endowment Trust is a three-month hybrid startup acceleration program designed to support early-stage young entrepreneurs to develop the skills needed to transform their solutions, gain traction and reach customers. During the acceleration program, three focal areas will be explored: Business models, Strategic partnerships and Investment readiness. (more…)
Application is now open for 2023 Venture in Management Program.
Venture in Management Program (ViMP) is an annual program of Junior Achievement Nigeria since 2000. ViMP is designed as a one-week intensive session to introduce selected members of the National Youth Service Corps to the different facets of managing a business, making crucial business decisions and developing skills for General Management. The goal of ViMP is to prepare NYSC members for the world of business as managers and entrepreneurs. This opportunity is designed to expose future business leaders to the responsibilities, opportunities, and demands of a career in management. (more…)
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3) is a pan-African initiative for start-ups building the future of healthcare supply chains. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and sponsored by AmerisourceBergen, Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD), Microsoft and Chemonics, Investing in Innovation (i3) is supporting the commercialization of 60 promising early- and growth-stage companies. The program connects African-led supply chain innovators to donors, industry, and government partners, to power start-ups’ growth and impact. (more…)
DigiGirls Training Cohort 3 is now taking applications. After two successful cohorts with 6000+ beneficiaries across Nigeria, the DigiGirls Training is back bigger and improved.
DigiGirls is a FREE 3-months digital skills training program designed to equip women and girls aged 15-40 years old with in-demand basic to intermediary employable digital skills. The program aims to drive positive livelihood outcomes for our beneficiaries, improve employment prospects, encourage digital entrepreneurship in women and girls, and generally provide marginalized females in underserved communities with the skills needed to develop successful careers in today’s digital economy. (more…)
ProvidusBank in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre has created the ProvidusBank SME Program to build the capacity of business owners in Nigeria and provide them with the skills and competencies for the development of long-term strategic plans to transform their businesses and drive profitability. (more…)
