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

• Matching Grants Fund for Agribusiness
• CBN Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES)
• Presidential Launch of YouWIN! 3 (Pictures)
• My Presentation on Business Planning Workshop for YouWIN 3 Applicants

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BUSINESS GRANTS

• GET Compass Grant Program For MSMEs (Up to 2 Million Naira Grant)
• FCMB-FMO AgriTech Investment Readiness Program 2025 (N20 million Grants)
• In-country YouthADAPT Challenge For Youth-Led MSMEs & Innovators in Africa ($30,000 Grants)
• Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) Program For Africans ($30,000 in Grants)
• Fidelity SME Empowerment program 2025 for Nigerian Entrepreneurs

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EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES

• LBS-BOI Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme Cohort III
• Stephen Akintayo Foundation Grants for Startups: 20 Entrepreneurs Receive $100,000 Grants
• Lagos Agripreneurship Programme for Women and Youths in Agriculture
• Cybersafe Foundation CyberGirls Fellowship Program 2024 for young girls and women.
• NITDA 3 Million Technical Talent Program

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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMES

• Echoing Green Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs (US$80k Grants)
• MCW Young Leaders Fellowship Program (Funded to the US)
• SPARK Fellowship Program for Female Founders ($100k Grants)
• Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship (15000 CAD)
• Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University ($82,000 Salary)

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STARTUPS ACCELERATOR/INCUBATOR PROGRAMMES

• Greenpreneur 2.0 Incubation program for Nigerian SMEs
• Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Program (Training, Mentorship & Resources )
• AWS Generative AI Accelerator Program 2025 for AI startups ($1M in AWS Credits)
• Google For Startups Growth Academy: AI for GovTech
• Call For Application: Young Innovators Accelerator Program

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BUSINESS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Technovation AI Ventures Accelerator 2026 for Women Entrepreneurs ($100,000 Funding)
• Innovate For Tomorrow Impact Accelerator 2025 | AED 850,000 for Sustainable Scale-ups
• Pitch2Scale Africa Competition 2025 ($10,000 Investment)
• Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship
• Anzisha Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs 2025 ($140k in support and Funding)

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

• How to Start a Lucrative Pig Farming in Nigeria and Make Money
• Cassava Products Local and International Buyers
• What Do You Think About Self-Service Laundry Centre/Laundromat
• 50 Lucrative Businesses You Can Start With Little Or No Capital And Make Huge Profit
• 101 Business to Start with Little or No Capital and Create Wealth

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PRIZES AND AWARDS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

• African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Program Cohort 8
• Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Collegiate Accelerator 2025
• Bayer Foundation Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025 (€25,000 Cash)
• She Sustains Program for Women Startups Cohort 2 ($10k Grants)
• SWEEP Training Program for Nigerian women Entrepreneurs (cohort 2)

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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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