Entrepreneurship

Calling all entrepreneurs and innovators!

Here’s your chance to shine at the 3i Africa Summit Pitch and Win Contest! 💡

Stand a chance to win $10,000 and pitch your groundbreaking ideas to our esteemed panel of judges.

You’ll also get the invaluable opportunity to network with fellow innovators and potential investors.

Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity to turn your vision into reality! Register now https://3i.swoogo.com/3iafricasummitpitchfest/begin and take your shot at the PitchFest of a lifetime!

To join us at the 3i Africa Summit from 13th-15th May, 2024, register for your spot at: https://www.3iafrica.com/register-your-interest/

The BizBox Project integrates tools, learnings, and support needed by the youth to start and grow their businesses. Through training, mentorship, and coaching, qualified participants proceed to receive support with business formalization, product certification, and more.
Through five main pillars namely:

(i) Youth Skills Development,

(ii) Access to Markets,

(iii) Access to Startup Kits,

(iv) Youth Social Networks,

(v) Institutional Strengthening, Policy, and Regulatory Support, the Project will create long-term employment opportunities for participants by leveraging existing structures, recognizable business associations, and partners, among other strategies.

The Business In A Box (Bizbox) Project’s Online Application Portal is Now Open! BizBox is here to shift the mindsets of young people to become entrepreneurial.

To learn more about the intervention, visit the GEA website. Apply Now!
Click the link [ https://gea.gov.gh/bizbox ]

Apply now for growth funding for your start-up

Suitable start-ups to be funded through develoPPP Ventures are selected during an open call for applications. This takes place twice a year and is open to all start-ups that meet the conditions for participation. Depending on the target country, the funding contract is concluded with one of the two implementing partners, DEG Impulse gGmbH or Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Current target countries

The current develoPPP Ventures call for applications (February 15 to March 31) takes place in Ghana. The application and selection process is supported by a team of local experts who will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Your application to develoPPP Ventures

The develoPPP Ventures call for applications takes place twice a year for six weeks at the end of each quarter (June and December). Do you meet the conditions of participation (PDF) and would like to apply for funding? Here’s how:

• Select target country
• Submit a completed application via the develoPPP application platform

Each application will first be evaluated on the basis of consistent and transparent criteria. If your application is successful in the competition, you will be given the opportunity to pitch to the decision-making committee of DEG Impulse and GIZ. The best candidates will then undergo an on-site review (due diligence), which, if successful, will be followed by a funding contract.

Apply here https://www.developpp.de/en/application/ventures

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC launched the Standard Chartered Women in Tech programme in 2020. This incubator programme was set up to support female-led entrepreneurial teams with business management training, mentoring and seed funding.

This incubator programme, through Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) is aimed at supporting female-led businesses driven by technology and innovation in response to growing demand to increase diversity in tech. The bank’s aim is to create more opportunities for women to develop entrepreneurial and leadership expertise.

The WiT Incubators were first launched in October 2014 by Standard Chartered Americas as a local community project. In 2020, the programme was active in eight countries. The
start dates are shown in brackets for each country: Bahrain (2020), Ghana (2020), Kenya (2017), Nigeria (2019), Pakistan (2019), UAE (2019), United States (2014) and Zambia
(2020).

In 2020, we provided training to 1,311 young people and provided USD220,000 of funding to selected start-ups to grow their businesses ideas. Between 2019 and 2020, the programme reached a total of 1,398 young people.

To Apply go to:- https://scwomenintechgh.com/apply/

Application Process

How it Works

To qualify, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Founded or co-founded by a Ghanaian woman above
• 18 years, with an equal or majority stake
• Be a tech start-up or applying technology in your operation
• At least 12 months in operation
• Ghana-based business aligned to the needs of Ghanaians or those operating in Ghana
• Key persons of the business must be available to undertake the incubation programme

Application Deadline: February 28th, 2023

The Yunus & Youth Global Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs is a customized 6-month online program that empowers young people to build, develop and expand innovative and economically viable social businesses that contribute to the achievement of the 17 UN SDGs.

Understand and measure the social or enviroment change you wish to create

Build a realistic and sustainable business strategy (finance, sales and marketing)

Learn how to tell stories to engage customers and investors

Benefit from 1:1 moments with mentors and expert mentors

Become part of a global community of like-minded people

Requirements

Yunus & Youth welcome applicants between 18 and 30 years of age who hold primary decision-making power in organizations created to solve a social or sustainable challenge in their community.
Y & Y seek applicants who are committed to building a business strategy that makes their organization scalable, financially sustainable, and able to quantify your impact
Programme Details

Free online training for young social entrepreneurs
Highly customized learning experience supported by live lessons
Mentors from Fortune 500 companies
A global community of social business leaders
Global networks and international exposure
Final pitch
The Y&Y Fellowship Training Modules
– Introduction to the Y&Y Community
Entrepreneurial skills
Storytelling
Market strategy
Delivering your solution
Measuring impact
Completing the business model
Pitching and networking
Funding your social business
Building the organization
Brand and communications
Managing growth