Access Bank W Initiative Calls for Women in Business to Join its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa Campaign
Application Deadline: 19th August, 2022
Access Bank Plc, through its W initiative, is calling on African women in business to join its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton 2022 campaign.
The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa campaign aims to give female-owned enterprises in Africa access to funding, top-notch business training, and mentoring opportunities. This program is intended to foster an environment that will help female entrepreneurs expand their firms.
The Program launched in Nigeria in 2019 where 50 women entrepreneurs got exposed to a free mini-MBA program and the top 5 applicants got access to financial grants worth N9 million.. The Womenpreneur Pich-a-ton campaign has since extended to 10 other African countries and has become one of the largest business growth platforms for women.
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The curriculum is structured as a 3-month timeframe that includes pitching sessions and 12 weeks of mini-MBA training in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). At graduation, the top 100 finalists will present their enterprises to a Pan-African Jury panel while incorporating lessons from the mini-MBA. They will stand the chance to receive grants worth up to N16 million.
Eligibility Requirements:
(1) Application is open only to female entrepreneurs.
(2) Applicants must have an existing business for at least one year
(3) The business must have at least 50% female ownership (4) Applicants must be between the age range of 18- 45 years
(4) Applicants must be between the age range of 18- 45 years.
Method of Application:
To register, click on www.womenpreneur.com