Are you an African female founder with an innovative, impactful and scalable business? Then, there is a chance for you to apply to the ShEquity Business Accelerator (SHEBA) programme.
The programme aims at providing venture building and technical support to African female entrepreneurs with impactful and scalable businesses in agribusiness (agritech, production, processing, wholesale & retailing, any other agribusiness value chain aspects), healthcare, tech enabled solutions (fintech, clean-tech, etc.), renewable energies, mobility and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs).
The 16-week ShEquity Business Accelerator program provides venture building and technical support to African female entrepreneurs across the ECOWAS region who are looking to successfully grow their businesses and become investment ready.
Eligibility:
- Your business must be in agribusiness (agritech, production, processing, wholesale, retail, all agribusiness value chain aspects), healthcare, tech enabled solutions (fintech, clean tech, etc.), renewable energies, mobility and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs).
- The business should be legally registered in an ECOWAS country.
- The business should be female owned and managed with a minimum 51% female ownership.
- The business should have been in operation for at least 24 months.
SHEBA is the bridge for female founders to access capital: after the acceleration program, qualifying businesses are recommended to ShEquity team for investment consideration. The typical ShEquity seed investment range between US$50K to 250K. In addition, SHEBA plans to organize demo days where other investors have opportunities to access impactful and scalable female-led businesses.
Established in March 2021 by ShEquity in collaboration with its implementation partner, MBC Africa, SHEBA addresses the existing gender funding gap by de-risking African female-led businesses, getting them to become investment ready and equipping the founders with the skill set needed to grow and scale their businesses.
ShEquity’s vision is to close the gender funding gap in Africa by facilitating access to a pool of de-risked deals to investors composed of innovative, impactful and scalable female-led and owned businesses.
MBC Africa on the other hand is a one-stop boutique that provides an enabling environment for businesses in Africa by providing the business services they need to grow
To apply for the second cohort of the ShEquity Business Accelerator program. Apply here.
Deadline for submissions is 06 May 2022.
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