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- 23 Sept 2021
Visa Expands She’s Next initiative in Africa, Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
As the rate of women entrepreneurs across Sub-Saharan Africa continues to rise, Visa is expanding its global She’s Next initiative to empower women entrepreneurs on the continent, bringing practical…
- 5 Dec 2022
Seedstars Launches a Program for Women-led Startups that Support Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
Seedstars’s Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa (EWEA) program is calling for women-led small to medium enterprises (WSMEs) as well as community enablers and entrepreneurship support programs…
- 2 Apr 2024
Mastercard, Women Choice Expand Partnership to Empower More Women Entrepreneurs across Middle East and Africa
Mastercard and Women Choice have expanded their partnership to launch two programs – ImpactHer and EmpowerHer – to support women entrepreneurs grow their business and create jobs across the Middle…
- 5 Mar 2025
83% Nigerian Women Consider themselves an Entrepreneur
Nigerian women are embracing entrepreneurship at an extraordinary rate, with eight in ten (83%) women consider themselves an entrepreneur—far higher than the regional average of 51% across Eastern…
- 2 Oct 2024
Unity Bank, ANWBN Empower Women Entrepreneurs with AI, Digital Marketing Skills
Unity Bank has hosted a capacity-building workshop to support the Association of Nigerian Women in Business Network (ANWBN) in a move aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs with the necessary skills…
- 13 Mar 2022
International Women's Day: Meta Celebrates 50 Women Entrepreneurs
In continuation of this year's International Women's Day Celebration, Meta in partnership with She Leads Africa, FATE Foundation and Afrigrants hosted 50 women-business owners to an exclusive dinner…
- 1 Feb 2026
Alakija's Flourish Africa Provides N300m Grants for Women Entrepreneurs
Flourish Africa, a women-focused empowerment initiative founded by Apostle Folorunsho Alakija, has rolled out N300m in grants for women entrepreneurs across the country, following a rigorous national…
- 29 Nov 2020
9Mobile, Cherie Blair Foundation Boost Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs
9mobile, telecom operator, has partnered with the Cherie Blair Foundation to provide easy platform for Nigerian women entrepreneurs to thrive in business. The partnership saw to the development of an…
- 8 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day: Google.org Dangles $1m Grant Funding to Support Women Entrepreneurs
Google on Tuesday announced that its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing $1m in charitable funding to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, as part of a…
- 10 Mar 2019
Visa Stakes $100,000 Fintech Tourney for Women Entrepreneurs
Visa has staked $100,000 for women entrepreneurs from around the world to tackle Fintech and Social Impact in each of the two challenges in celebration of International Women’s Day. Visa…
- 3 Apr 2018
Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Urged To Embrace E-Commerce
Nigerian women entrepreneurs have been urged to embrace e-commerce to grow their businesses. Mr. Ahmed Kagara, the South West Regional Head of Bank of Industry (BoI) Nigeria, on Tuesday gave the…
- 12 Mar 2021
Coca-cola Empowers Over 2 Million Women Entrepreneurs Across Africa through 5by20 Initiative
The Coca-Cola Company and its partners are proud to celebrate exceeding our 5by20 goal by enabling the economic empowerment of more than 6 million women around the world. 34% (just over 2 million) of…
- 12 Jun 2015
Heritage Bank Canvasses Support for Women Entrepreneurs
For the nation to achieve desired economic growth and stability in the medium to long term, more efforts would have to be devoted to empowerment of women entrepreneurs. This was the major view…
- 29 May 2024
Access Bank Supports Women Entrepreneurs to Tap $2Bn Event Industry Opportunity
Access Bank through its W initiative is supporting women entrepreneurs in the event industry to tap the industry opportunity and scale their businesses. Abiodun Olubitan, group head of women banking…
- 6 May 2026
FCMB Opens Applications for Zero-Interest Loans of Up to ₦10m for Women Entrepreneurs
First City Monument Bank has opened applications for a new round of its SheVentures programme, offering zero-interest loans of up to ₦10 million to women entrepreneurs to improve access to working…
- 20 Nov 2016
Women Entrepreneurs: Driving Force Behind Economic Growth in Africa
With focus on supporting the growth and development of women entrepreneurs in Africa, Mastercard has committed to three partnerships that will impact women in Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. This…
- 8 Mar 2017
Africa Leads in Creating Resilient Women Entrepreneurs – Mastercard Index
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) on Tuesday, it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women, making it one of the top…
- 27 May 2022
Unity Bank Yanga Product Positioned to Empower Underbanked Women Entrepreneurs – Olufunwa Akinmade
Mr. Olufunwa Akinmade, divisional head, Retail, SME Banking and E-Business, Unity Bank Plc, has explained that the “raison d’etre for launching the Bank’s latest retail product called Yanga is to…
- 29 Apr 2024
9PSB Empowering Women Entrepreneurs, SMEs Owners With Agent Banking Opportunities
9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB), Nigeria’s digital payment service bank, focused on financial inclusion has reiterated its support to Nigerian women entrepreneurs and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises…
- 24 Oct 2025
Over 100 Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Empowered for Global Success Through FoundryforHER Bootcamp
More than 100 Nigerian women entrepreneurs have been equipped with the tools and strategies to scale their businesses globally following the successful completion of the FoundryforHER Bootcamp, a…
- 6 Sept 2019
Visa Launches Champions Women Entrepreneurs @ the World Economic Forum on Africa
Visa is launching She’s Next, Empowered by Visa, in Africa, to encourage female micro-and small-business owners as they fund, run and grow their businesses across the continent. The global expansion…
- 20 May 2017
P&G Nigeria, WeConnect Train Over 50 Women Entrepreneurs
Procter & Gamble, a leading FMCG company in Nigeria, has further shown its commitment to Gender Equality and Supplier Diversity through its partnership with WeConnect International in Nigeria to…
- 2 Oct 2024
DBN, Grand Africa Initiative Partner to Empower 350 Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs
Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) and the Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) have announced the launch of the third edition of the GAIN Entrepreneurship Masterclass for Women in Nigeria. This…
- 16 Jun 2021
More than 50% of Jumia Sellers in Nigeria, Kenya are Women Entrepreneurs
Jumia collaborated with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), alongside the European Commission and Kantar Public, on a report titled Women and e-commerce in Africa, the first research of its…
- 15 Feb 2026
BOI, MTN Foundation Unveil N1Bn Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
Bank of Industry (BoI) and the MTN Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a N1bn Matching Fund to expand access to finance and capacity building for women-led micro…
- 6 Mar 2025
How Temu is Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria
Despite making up over half of Nigeria's population, women often face economic challenges, including limited access to funding and resources. While entrepreneurship offers a pathway to financial…
- 23 Aug 2022
SheVentures Offers N5m Interest-free Loans to Women Entrepreneurs
SheVentures, the unique proposition in support of the Nigerian woman in business, powered by First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has resumed the disbursement of 90-day zero-interest loans of up to N5m…
- 27 Oct 2015
Skye Bank Initiates “Pearl” for Women Entrepreneurs, Professionals
As part of its financial inclusion drive, Skye Bank has launched the “Skye Pearl” initiative to help its female customers unlock their potentials. The initiative which was unveiled at the weekend, is…
- 8 Mar 2019
Union Bank Unveils ‘Alpher’, Sponsors Women Entrepreneurs
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, a financial institution known for placing premium value on women, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the female folks as the world marked International Women’s Day…
- 18 Mar 2026
BoI, MTN Foundation Launch N1Bn Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
Bank of Industry (BoI) and MTN Nigeria Foundation have launched a N1 billion Y’ellopreneur 3.0 Matching Fund to support women-owned businesses across Nigeria. The fund was launched at the official…