Business Funding Opportunities

Are you interested in raising business funds to start your own business or expand your existing business?

Are you looking for business grants, funding opportunities, business plan competitions, empowerment opportunities, fellowship opportunities, or startup accelerator/incubator programmes?

Have you been looking for ways to get free grants and write a winning proposal but find it difficult, boring, or don’t know how to go about it?

If your answer is yes to these questions, congratulations! You are in the right place at the right time.

I have curated and listed some of the latest funding opportunities for you and I encourage you to explore them below, section by section

BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

• SBN-Fate Foundation Business Pitch Competition (N10 Million Prize)
• Ford Fund Fellowship Program for Next-generation Entrepreneurs (Fully Funded)
• Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs (US$80k Grants)
• Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship (15000 CAD)
• Matching Grants Fund for Agribusiness

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BUSINESS GRANTS

• Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Program for Entrepreneurs (€30k Grants)
• Swiss Re Foundation Changemakers Africa Incubarion Program ($30k Prizes)
• D-Prize Challenge 2026 for Entrepreneurs ($20k Grant)
• SMEDAN Grants For Student Entrepreneurs in Nigeria (N5 Billion)
• ACFM Agri-SME Support Program: Seed Lab 2025

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EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES

• SMEDAN Free Fashion Design Training For Nigerian Youths
• iHatch Innovation Hub Managers Upskilling Program (Cohort 4)
• SMEDAN National Business Skills Development Initiative (NBSDI) 2024 For MSMEs
• Stanbic IBTC Digital Skills Empowerment Program (Disep 4.0)
• LBS-BOI Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme Cohort III

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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMES

• Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program (up to CHF 150,000)
• Cybersafe Foundation CyberGirls Fellowship Program 2024 for young girls and women.
• Acumen West Africa Fellows Program for emerging Leaders (Fully Funded)
• SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship for Researchers (Grants Included)
• University of Michigan Knight Wallace Fellowship for Journalists ($85,000 Stipend)

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STARTUPS ACCELERATOR/INCUBATOR PROGRAMMES

• ODF/The NEST Startup Accelerator Program
• LSE 100X Impact Accelerator Program for Social Entrepreneurs (£150,000)
• Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Program
• TractionBoost Accelerator Program (Up To $5,000)
• Google For Startups Accelerator Africa Program

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BUSINESS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Swiss Re Foundation Changemakers Africa Incubarion Program ($30k Prizes)
• THRIVE Global Impact Challenge 2025 ($1M Investment)
• ACFM Agri-SME Support Program: Seed Lab 2025
• WEMA Bank Hackaholics 6.0 Hackathon (₦150M Cash Prizes)
• Llama Impact Grant for Startups and Researchers in Africa (Up to $20,000 grant)

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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• Google For Startups Africa Accelerator
• CBN Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES)

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PRIZES AND AWARDS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

• She Sustains Program for Women Startups Cohort 2 ($10k Grants)
• SWEEP Training Program for Nigerian women Entrepreneurs (cohort 2)
• Shecluded x CFYE Dream to Business Incubator Program (Cohort 5)
• DMZ’s Women Innovation Summit 2025 For Women in Tech ($100K Cash Prizes)
• SWEEP: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs with a Free 4-Week Intensive Course

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INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES

STANDARD BUSINESS PLANS

Whether you’re starting a new business, repositioning your existing business, or targeting outside investors, getting a clearly detailed business plan can make the journey to your business goal easier, faster, and less costly.

Writing an investor-grade business plan can be challenging and time-consuming, even for those who have done it before.

To help my loyal subscribers and readers and help them save time and money, I have decided to develop the most asked for business plans.

If you’re like most small-business owners, you’ve never had to create a business plan before. In fact, you may have never even seen a formal business plan document let alone had to put one together.

I have developed the following business plans…

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