Access Bank W Initiative Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa 2020 (N5 million)

Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa was the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by the Access Bank W Initiative. The program in its maiden edition provided financial grants worth N9Million to the top 5 applicants with a free mini MBA certification for 50 women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. This it did in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group). This year, the program is being extended to 6 other African countries where Access Bank’s W initiative has its presence. These countries are Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, Sierra-Leone, Gambia and Congo hence the tag name “Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa.

​WORTH

• The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa 2020 will provide up to N9 million financial grant and a unique capacity building program aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs.
• The programme is designed as a 3-month period incorporating pitching sessions and 8 weeks of mini-MBA training in collaboration with the IFC.
• As part of the graduation requirements, the fifty finalists will pitch their businesses, infusing learnings from the mini-MBA and will stand an opportunity to win financial grants up to N5 million.

ELIGIBILITY

• You must be a woman
• You must be18 years of age or older.
• You must be a legal resident of Nigeria,Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, with extension to Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Gambia, OR Congo

That within the past one (1) year you were not an employee, contractor, officer, director or agent of any of the following:

• Access Bank Plc, or any parent, subsidiary, affiliated or related entity of any of the foregoing;
• any person or entity involved in the development, production, distribution or other exploitation of the Programme or any variation thereof;
• any known major sponsor of the Programme or its advertising agency;
• any person or entity supplying services or prizes to the Programme.
• You may not be a candidate for public office and must agree not to become a candidate for public office from the date of the Audition Release until one (1) year after the initial broadcast of the last episode of the Programme in which you appear. You may not have been convicted of a felony.

DEADLINE: August 14 2020

To apply and for more information visit here