{"id":7570,"date":"2023-01-13T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=7570"},"modified":"2023-01-13T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:30:13","slug":"flourish-africa-grant-for-female-entrepreneurs-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/flourish-africa-grant-for-female-entrepreneurs-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Flourish Africa Grant for Female Entrepreneurs in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Deadline<\/strong>: 31-Jan-23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for Flourish Africa Grant for Female Entrepreneurs are now open to support and promote African female-owned businesses over 5 years through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fundsforngos.org\/category\/events\/\">training<\/a>, mentoring, and funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme will empower the entrepreneurial activities of at least 2,500 female&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fundsforngos.org\/category\/business-industry\/\">business<\/a>&nbsp;owners through funding and structured training over five years. Through the programme, a minimum of 500 female entrepreneurs would be trained in business and life skills each year, after which the top 100 achievers from the pool would be eligible for grants of up to 2 million naira each from a 200 million naira annual&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fundsforngos.org\/category\/latest-funds-for-ngos\/\">fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Flourish Africa training curriculum has been designed to educate and prepare female entrepreneurs for their business journey and give them wings to fly. It also gives female entrepreneurs an enabling platform for practical skill development, mentoring, business capital, and access to the marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Application Criteria<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify, you must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants must be between the ages of 18yrs \u2013 50yrs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must be female. If co-owned with a man, applicants must have at<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>least 51% ownership of the business, with proof.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must have access to internet-enabled devices for training and must<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>be willing to commit to virtual training for a period of 4 months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants\u2019 businesses must be in the Start-up phase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your business must be domiciled in Lagos, Abuja, or Port Harcourt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flourishafrica.com\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flourish Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline: 31-Jan-23 Applications for Flourish Africa Grant for Female Entrepreneurs are now open to support and promote African female-owned businesses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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