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The JAMII Femmes Initiative for African Women Entrepreneurs ($100k Grants)

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The JAMII Femmes initiative aims to increase the impact of African women entrepreneurs on the African economy and to support the creation of innovative solutions for sustainable development that will contribute to positive change in Africa by improving the quality of life for tens of thousands of people. JAMII Femmes is a great opportunity to …

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Growth4Her IInvestor Readiness Accelerator Program 2023 for Women Entrepreneurs

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Growth4Her is a 6-month Investor Readiness Accelerator Program, open to women in West and Central Africa. G4Her seeks to bridge the gender financing gap in Africa by providing women entrepreneurs with the capacity and tools which enables them to transition from small to high potential fundable growth stage businesses. Cohort 2 is open for applications …

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SME Growth Lab Africa Accelerator 2023 for Female Entrepreneurs (Finding Included)

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SME GROWTH LAB AFRICA ACCELERATOR  PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SHECLUDED (FOR FEMALES ONLY)  ​ As part of effort to celebrate the 2023 International Women’s Day, SME Growth Lab Africa in partnership with Shecluded aims to female entrepreneurs across Africa and Shecluded community members to participate in SME Growth Lab’s first women-only cohort of its Digital Accelerator …

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Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program 2023 for Nigerian Women

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The Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program (WDEP) is an Access Corporation initiative aimed at providing businesswomen with the skills needed to digitize their business processes and position their companies for long-term market relevance and success.The program is designed for current and aspiring female entrepreneurs, and it focuses on opportunities to leverage in growing an online business. …

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Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program

WOMEN’S WORLD BANKING fintech innovation Challenge 2023

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Participate in the only Fintech Innovation Challenge targeted on women. Help to close the gender gap in financial services by contributing to technological innovation. The Challenge Women’s adoption of digital financial services has increased dramatically in recent years. According to the most recent Global Findex Report, the gender gap in important emerging countries has shrunk …

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Women's World Banking Fintech Innovation Challenge

she works here clean energy convertible grants for women SMEs Nigeria

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OVERVIEWShe Works Here, Nigeria’s largest all-women’s accelerator is announcing a convertible grant facility for female-owned businesses in Nigeria. The objective of the grant is to bridge the gender gap in Africa’s growing renewable energy sector, by providing catalytic repayable grants that help female-owned businesses strengthen the supply chains in the renewable energy sector, enhance technology …

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Access Bank Womenpreneur Pitch-A-ton Africa 2022 for women entrepreneurs across Africa (5 million Grant & a mini MBA)

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The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa initiative is intended to empower female-owned enterprises in Africa with access to capital, world-class business training, and mentorship opportunities. This programme was created to provide a supportive atmosphere for female entrepreneurs to expand their firms. The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton programme, which debuted in 2019, is the industry’s first women-in-business support initiative of …

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Access Bank Womenpreneur Pitch-A-ton

Apply for WomEng Africa Innovation Fellowship (AIF) 2021 for women African innovators

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Since 2019, the Africa Innovation Fellowship has been supporting women-owned STEM innovations across sub-Saharan Africa. Africa Innovation Fellowship 2021 is a six-month leadership and business development opportunity for women African innovators with an early-stage engineering innovation or start up. Africa Innovation Fellowship (AIF) kicks off in November 2021 with virtual sessions focused on idea and business incubation, leadership development and networking. Followed by …

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Africa Innovation Fellowship

AUC-UNDP African Young Women Leaders Fellowship Programme 2021/2022

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UNDP is searching for 25 young African women to join the second cohort of the African Young Women Leaders (AfYWL) Fellowship Programme. The AfYWL Fellowship Programme offers an interesting assignment with UNDP at its HQ in New York or in one of its regional or country offices. The fellow may also be assigned to the UN Secretariat or the …

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Accelerating Women Climate Entrepreneurs (funds Available)

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Building the gender-lens investing ecosystem for women climate entrepreneurs to grow scalable climate-related businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through this project, ANDE, in consortium with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) and World University Service of Canada (WUSC) with funding support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), seeks to build the gender-lens investing ecosystem for growth-oriented women …

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