RevUp Women Initiative 2025 for Early-stage Women-led Nigerian startups and SMEs ( $24,000 in Funding+ Training)

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Applications are open for RevUp Women Initiative 2025. AfriLabs invites you to apply for the RevUp Women Initiative: Nigeria Edition, an enterprise development initiative designed to accelerate early-stage, women-led businesses within the Agribusiness and E-commerce sectors through tailored support, capacity building, and access to a thriving pan-African innovation ecosystem.

RevUp Women Initiative Benefits

Participants will benefit from:

A 12-week intensive hybrid acceleration program focused on business growth, market expansion, and investment readiness.
Access to high-quality female mentors across Africa.
Visibility and access to investment and funding opportunities, and the wider AfriLabs’ network.
Eligibility to win from $24,000 in funding, awarded to six outstanding women entrepreneurs:
$5,000 each for three first-place winners
$3,000 each for three second-place winners
Opportunities to showcase your business and position it for scale.
Inclusion in a dynamic community of women entrepreneurs driving innovation.

Requirements

E-commerce businesses are defined as companies that sell physical or digital products or services primarily through an online platform,including:

Tech-enabled online retail stores, such as fashion, beauty, or household goods brands that operate through a website.
Online marketplaces where customers can browse products, add to cart, and pay directly on the platform
Digital service providers that enable online payments or bookings (e.g., logistics, consulting, edtech, Healthtech)
Subscription-based product or service models delivered online

Agribusinesses for this programme are defined as agriculture-based enterprises that integrate technology or innovation across the agricultural value chain, including: