RevUp Women Initiative 2023 Call for Women-Led Businesses for $10,000 grant:The RevUp Women Initiative is an African enterprise development program for early-stage women-led enterprises. It is intended to help these enterprises grow into lucrative and sustainable ventures that can encourage job development on the continent.
Through enterprise development training, mentorship, peer-to-peer learning, and access to capital, the initiative strives to promote gender equality and inclusive economic growth.
The Visa Foundation is funding this cohort. AfriLabs is inviting women-led enterprises from around Africa to apply for this cohort of the initiative.
In this cohort, 500 entrepreneurs will go through a rigorous training and mentoring session, and ten (10), one (1) will be chosen in each pilot city to be financed by the program.
RevUp Women Initiative 2023 Benefits
• Access to high-quality female mentors across Africa.
• 10 business owners will be selected to be funded with $10,000 following the Catalytic Africa guidelines.
• Access to additional funding opportunities for participants and a network of funders across Africa.
• Access to the AfriLabs network.
RevUp Women Initiative 2023 Eligibility
Open to early-stage women-led businesses across Africa. These businesses must meet the following criteria before applying;
• At least 51 per cent owned by a woman;
• Be led by a woman;
• Be located in any of these cities in Africa:
• Nigeria – Lagos, Abuja
• South Africa – Johannesburg, Cape Town
• Cameroon – Douala, Yaounde
• Kenya – Nairobi, Kisumu
• Democratic Republic of Congo- Kinshasa, Lubumbashi
• Have an already existing service or product;
• Have evidence of sales of existing services or product;
Have an existing business model;
• Registered and incorporated in the country of operation;
• Be operational for at least 6 months;
• Be able to dedicate 8 weeks to an intense hybrid training and mentoring session.
Deadline: July 14, 2023
How to apply
Interested applicant are to apply via this link:
https://forms.gle/cGngBb2fvtziJX6F6
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