Growth Opportunities For Women (12/August/2024)
African Masterclass Series (AMS 4.0)
The African MasterClass Series, hosted by Ideation Hub Africa, is a 8-week, 12-Module immersive learning program which equips early-stage and mid-level changemakers, social entrepreneurs, social innovators, development practitioners , nonprofit professionals and impact-driven individuals to solve pressing problems and scale impact through entrepreneurship and innovation. APPLY HERE: https://africanmasterclass.org/AMS4/
NBCC Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Centre Cohort 2.0
Building on the success of Cohort 1, this second edition offers comprehensive, hands-on training in various fields such as Hairdressing, Shoemaking, Dressmaking, and more. Participants will gain practical experience, mentorship, and post-graduation support, along with industrial training opportunities with top firms. Don’t miss this chance to empower yourself and join the next generation of entrepreneurs! APPLY HERE: NBCC Cohort 2.0
Creative Business Cup Nigeria 2024 (Up to 1 million naira)
Creative Business Cup is much more than just a competition – it is a global year-round initiative that empowers entrepreneurs in the creative industries, helping them grow their business ideas, connecting them to investors and the global markets, and strengthening their innovative capabilities to the benefit of industry and society. APPLY HERE: https://reg.smetoolkit.ng/program-apply/creative-business-cup-nigeria-2024
Her Startup program For African Female Entrepreneurs (Up to $5,000 Funding)
Her Startup is a unique combination of proven entrepreneurship training, seed funding, and mentoring to offer comprehensive and long term solutions to the funding issue of female led start-ups. The objective of the program is to provide guidance and invest in African+Women-led early-stage companies with high growth potential in emerging industries. APPLY HERE: https://her-startup.com/
Agrinnovation Summit 1.0
Agrithon is an agricultural hackathon that provides a unique platform for startups to pitch their groundbreaking solutions to get access to funding, potential investors, mentorship and enhanced visibility across the agricultural value chain in Nigeria, with the aim of enhancing productivity, sustainability, and overall efficiency in agriculture. APPLY HERE: https://agrinnovationsummit.com/
Startupbootcamp Energy and Sustainability Accelerator 2024 (Up to $100,000)
The accelerator is designed to support innovative startups specializing in energy and sustainability. The accelerator aims to drive global impact by supporting startups that are developing solutions with the potential to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges in energy and sustainability. APPLY HERE: https://www.startupbootcamp.org/accelerator/energy-sustainability
FCMB Agritech Hackathon and Venture Building Program 2024 (Up to N23 Million)
The FCMB Agritech Hackathon and venture building program is an initiative to foster and accelerate the growth of the agricultural sector through support to agritech companies in solving industry challenges. The program consists of a hackathon, where participants will be supported to develop their ideas/solutions, and a venture-building program, where selected teams will receive funding, mentorship and support to build and scale their solutions. The program is supported by FMO and implemented by Heave Ventures. APPLY HERE: https://program.heaveventures.com/fcmb-apply
SAIS Investment Readiness Program
The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) offers a year-long, tailor-made company development program for African tech start-ups in agriculture, livestock, food, and climate. The IRP – available in French and English – aims to support you in raising investments and scaling up your business! APPLY HERE: https://vc4a.com/giz-sais/2025/application/english-form/
African Union CIEFFA X ImpactHER Online Capacity Building Training 2024
The African Union CIEFFA and ImpactHER have come together to organize an online capacity building training on skills’ development and access to STEAM through gender responsive-education upscaling. This training seeks to address the challenges facing young women and men in Africa, particularly in the areas of STEAM, digital literacy, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. It also seeks to enhance the capacity of women teachers to teach digital literacy and STEAM subjects effectively. APPLY HERE: Capacity Building
UONGOZI Institute Women’s Leadership Program 2024 (Fully-funded)
The Women’s Leadership Programme allows senior and emerging female leaders to navigate the unique leadership challenges that deter female professionals in the workplace from occupying senior leadership positions. APPLY HERE: https://www.uongozi.go.tz/executive-education/womens-leadership/
STEM Educator Immersion Program (Lagos Only)
The STEM Educator Immersion Program is designed to provide intensive professional development for current and aspiring educators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). APPLY HERE: https://nerdzfactory.org/stem-educator-immersion-program/