To help tackle the financing gap that women entrepreneurs still face, particularly in emerging markets, IFC and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) launched a new call for applications for IFC ScaleX—a performance-based initiative that will provide an award of up to $25,000 to business accelerators that have helped women-led companies in emerging markets raise equity financing. 

FATE Foundation’s Aspiring Entrepreneurs Programme (AEP) is Nigeria’s longest-running pre-incubation program for aspiring entrepreneurial leaders looking to grow and build successful and sustainable businesses. To date, the program has graduated over 5,348 entrepreneurs across 16 states in Nigeria and counting.

Are you a Female Entrepreneur doing business across the value chain in the Ginger sector? Apply for this 8 week Capacity Building Training to drive inclusion and open up opportunities for young people in the Ginger sector in Nigeria.

The Land Accelerator is a training program and curated network for entrepreneurs who restore degraded forests and farmland. It is anchored by an intensive week-long workshop when the cohort meets in person. There is no fee to join, and the program does not take equity. Are you an entrepreneur who’s interested in joining? If you are working to improve a degraded landscape, want to learn fast and raise money for your venture, then this is the right program for you. Applications are currently open.

The Transforming Nigerian Youths program aims to create a network of entrepreneurial and managerial change-makers specifically youths and women across the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector in Nigeria.