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  Applications are currently ongoing for the Growth4Her Investor Readiness Accelerator Program. It’s an initiative designed to equip women who own and run an SME with the knowledge and skills they need to ready their businesses for major investment. If you are a female entrepreneur in Nigeria and you would like to scale your SME, here’s an opportunity you may want to take advantage of.
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The Growth4Her Investor Readiness Accelerator will provide women with the tools to build growth-stage businesses that attract funding. The latest edition of the program is its fourth cohort and will last for 6 months.
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Benefits

Persons who are selected to take part in this program will benefit from it in the following ways:
  • Access knowledge to help them grow their businesses
  • Make their businesses attractive to investors
  • Prepare their SMEs for funding from various sources
  • Connect with and learn from other women-led businesses
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Eligibility

The Growth4Her Investor Readiness Accelerator Program is open to businesses that meet these criteria:
  • At least 51% owned by a woman, or at least 20% owned by a woman and has a woman as a CEO or COO (President/Vice President)
  • Have at least 30% of the board composed of women
  • Between 5 and 300 employees
  • Annual sales of between $35,000 and $15 million
  • Assets valued at between $100,000 and $15 million
  • Applicant must be a C-Level executive in their organization
  • Able to dedicate a week to an intense virtual or physical boot camp
  • Willing to dedicate 3 hours to mentorship sessions for 8 weeks
The deadline for applications is November 22, 2024. Apply HERE.
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This article was first published on 8th November 2024

ikenna-nwachukwu

Ikenna Nwachukwu holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He loves to look at the world through multiple lenses- economic, political, religious and philosophical- and to write about what he observes in a witty, yet reflective style.

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