NGN 2million(US$5,600) in funding is up for grabs in this year’s edition of the Lagos-based She Leads Africa Accelerator.
Twenty Startups cut across diverse sectors have been picked to participate in this year’s edition.
She Leads Africa is a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams. With engaging online content and pan-African events, its vision is to become the number one destination for smart and ambitious young women.
The community is also committed to helping smart and ambitious young African women live their best lives. It also promotes and uplifts local talent by proactively identifying promising African experts and practitioners and providing them a platform to grow. It delivers the best career and business content focused on its community.
She Leads Africa is collaborating with partners such as Work in Progress! Alliance, OCP, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Cointreau and Intel to create a three-month accelerator programme, designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest entrepreneurs.
It is noteworthy that this year’s edition saw more than 200 startups from across Nigeria apply for the programme, with that list now having been cut down to the selected 20. The selected entrepreneurs were evaluated based on their existing traction, management team, and vision to scale across Africa.
Accelerator participants will spend the next three months working on their business strategy and growth, while networking with investors and potential partners, before pitching their businesses at an investor Demo Day in November for the chance to secure the NGN2 million investment from She Leads Africa.
In the Intel Technology Cohort, the selected businesses are online event planning platform Eventplanner, software development agency Dexterity Logics, on-demand services platform UrbanErrands, e-health startup Greymate Care, and online communications company KJK.
Manufacturing startup Taeillo, jobs platform Auditions.ng, fashion label Redbutton, jewellery company MMG, and clothing brand Netima have been picked in Cointreau Creatives Cohort, while food delivery startup Food-i-Like, baby food companies Mahauty and Smile-On, furniture company Perception Consult, and business community CEA make up the GTB Retail & E-Commerce Cohort.
In the OCP Agribusiness Cohort, the selected businesses are agriculture startups Dahrah, Meenam Blends, Farm for Gold Venture, Apples & Berries, and Showplace Nigeria.
