PM News reports, The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, has charged no fewer than 100 women and youth graduates of the State Agripreneurship Programme to be committed to the attainment of the government’s food security goal. Olusanya stated this at the graduation ceremony of the second batch of the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme […]
Ventureburn reports, The Women in Business Growth Lab is accepting applications for their three-month programme for early-stage women-led startups in Nigeria. The programme is hosted by Connect Lab and aims to accelerate business profit and sustainable enterprises to increase job creation in Africa. The programme is structured to eliminate inequalities faced by women in business […]
AWE provides women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses. Guardian reports The United States Consulate General in Lagos has announced a call for applications for the 2020 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a U.S. Government initiative that supports women entrepreneurs around the world. For the second annual […]
AWIEF is a pan-African women economic empowerment organisation which nurtures and actively promotes women innovation and entrepreneurship through its development programmes, accelerators, and networking events, including the annual AWIEF conference, exhibition and awards. AWIEF’s mission is to foster the economic inclusion, advancement and empowerment of women in Africa through entrepreneurship support and development. The Africa […]
The grant for Rural Women programme was introduced to sustain the social inclusion agenda of the present administration, including the realization of the National aspiration of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. It is designed to provide a one-off grant to some of the poorest and most vulnerable women in rural […]
Experts have called for the restructuring of loan facilities in Nigeria. This is to alleviate the adverse effects of some government policies on women that own micro-businesses with cash flow problems. According to them, a significant number of women are still financially excluded, as they earn less than men, and as a result, are closer […]
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has launched its “Enterprise Development for Women-Owned Ventures in Green Energy” initiative, which will support 70 women involved in renewable and green energy production in Malawi and Nigeria. Funded by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), the 12-month programme offers two components, to be implemented in two […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that women will be given 60 percent of the N220bn Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund as part of its developmental role and mandate of promoting a sound financial system. It stated that two percent of the wholesale component of the fund would go to economically active […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to roll out palliatives to assist women-owned medium and small businesses (MSME’s) recover from the impact of the pandemic. This was disclosed by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, in Abuja during the virtual E-launch of the National Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on women-owned […]
The ITU/UN Women Equals in Tech Awards are given every year to organizations and individuals working to help girls and women gain equal internet access, digital skills and opportunities in the tech industry. Individuals and organizations can nominate their own initiatives or those of others for an award in the following categories: Access: Initiatives related […]
