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F-LANE is a five-week virtual acceleration program for early-stage entrepreneurs with ambitious outcomes to drive change by empowering women. It is put into practice by the Vodafone Institute in cooperation with Yunus Social Business. Yunus Social Business was founded by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus and has successfully implemented just shy of 20 accelerator programs. These programs tap into their global community of over 300 experienced and renowned mentors to help entrepreneurs deliver consistent impact and their professional dreams.

Read more :https://msmeafricaonline.com/f-lane-virtual-acceleration-program-2020-for-entrepreneurs-call-for-applications/

UNDP, EPFL Tech4Impact, Orange, and SAP are collaborating on the second Growth Stage Impact Ventures for SDGs (GSIV) selection process. The objective is to identify and showcase mature impact ventures in emerging countries with a catalytic potential that can drive both large impact and yield.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/undp-growth-stage-impact-ventures-gsiv-calls-for-applications-from-developing-countries/

How Olajide Philips’ FINLIG App helps Students learn 20 digital skills at N1, 000 and also earn from referrals

Finlig means “Financial Learning Group”, a platform designed to teach anyone digital skills that are marketable for just N1, 000 with smartphone and also earn 50% on every referral.
Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/how-olajide-philips-finlig-app-helps-students-learn-20-digital-skills-at-n1-000-and-also-earn-from-referrals/

VC4A Venture Showcase Serie A calls for application from African startups seeking to raise between $500k and $10M

VC4A Venture Showcase Serie A seeks for 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase their solutions to the world. They should be operating in Africa, generating revenue and looking to raise their Series A round in the range of $500K and $10M?.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/vc4a-venture-showcase-serie-a-calls-for-application-from-african-startups-seeking-to-raise-between-500k-and-10m/

SMEDAN DG urges CBN to add more fund to N50bn Covid-19 Fund
https://msmeafricaonline.com/smedan-dg-urges-cbn-to-add-to-n50bn-covid-19-fund/

Facebook announced that all its Economic Impact Programs will be offered virtually as the platform seeks to equip small businesses with digital marketing skills to help them stay open, connect with and acquire new customers to survive challenges presented by Coronavirus.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/facebook-economic-impact-programs-to-be-offered-virtually-to-small-businesses/

Global freelancing platform, Fiverr will support small businesses and startups with Microgrants to the tune of $1000 credit every month, the company has announced. Three businesses who can either apply or are nominated will be awarded awarded the microgrants every month.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/fiverr-microgrants-to-award-small-businesses-with-1000-credit-every-month/

Google has launched Google for Nonprofits in Nigeria. Google for Nonprofits aims to empower not-for-profit organizations by providing them with free premium services.

Read more :https://msmeafricaonline.com/google-for-nonprofits-launched-in-nigeriaoffers-10000-in-grants-for-six-months/

As part of its promise to continuously provide financial and business skills to female entrepreneurs, leading retail bank in Nigeria, Access Bank Plc has unveiled the second edition of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton programme.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/access-announces-2nd-edition-of-womenpreneur-pitch-a-ton-offers-n5m-in-grant-and-mini-mba-from-ifc-to-female-smes-across-africa/

SAIS is looking for innovative start-ups that are about to scale rapidly and apply digital solutions to the agriculture and food sector which enable their users to improve their income. In addition, digital products or services that help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 are a plus and will be taken into special consideration.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/application-for-giz-sais-investment-readiness-programme-2020-closes-june-30/

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Proposals are invited for the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) World AIDS Day Grants 2020. AWDF instituted the World AIDS Day (WAD) grants programme to support women’s rights organisations to actively participate in the global campaign and keep African women’s priorities around HIV and AIDS on the African and global agenda.

Read more : www.msmeafricaonline.com

Nigeria’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Sabo Nanono has revealed the plans by the Nigerian government to establish 142 agro-processing centres across the country, with one centre in each senatorial district of the six geo-political zones. He made this disclosure alongside the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed while briefing journalists on the implementation of the program titled “The Green Imperative” program, a Nigeria-Brazil bilateral agriculture development program. The development is expected to help revolutionise the agricultural sector in Nigeria.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/nigeria-to-establish-142-agro-processing-centres-under-the-green-imperative-program/

The UNICEF Innovation Fund and Crypto Fund currently announced an open call for blockchain solutions to apply for funding (up to $100,000 and cryptocurrency combined).

Besides funding, awardees will receive mentorship, business growth products, technical assistance, open-source access to experts and partners, as well as the leverage to showcase their business models

Get more details and apply : https://msmeafricaonline.com/application-opens-for-unicef-innovation-fund-100000-funding-grants-for-startups/

8 startups from Nigeria made the list of 20 unveiled by Google

8 startups from Nigeria made the list of 20 unveiled by Google. The startups were selected from across Africa, as members of the 5th cohort of its Google Startup Accelerator Africa.

See full story and list of the startups : https://msmeafricaonline.com/8-nigerian-startups-selected-for-google-startup-accelerator-africa/

HelpNow is a social intervention platform deployed to support at least two million Lagosians through a crowdfunding model that rallies the support of well-meaning individuals and corporates.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/softcoms-helpnow-to-crowdfund-and-disburse-n10bn-to-vulnerable-lagosians/

Softcom, a company dedicated to connecting people and business through meaningful innovation, has launched HelpNow, a social intervention platform deployed to support at least two million Lagosians through a crowdfunding model that rallies the support of well-meaning individuals and corporates.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/softcoms-helpnow-to-crowdfund-and-disburse-n10bn-to-vulnerable-lagosians/

Tech startup, IderaOS, has launched ListBuy, a free e-commerce software platform that allows retailers and individuals to create and share their online stores, accept local payments and ship to their customers.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/free-e-commerce-software-platform-for-small-businesses-launched-by-ideraos/

Some assumptions and mindset can land you trouble with the tax authority especially as a business owner.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/assumptions-that-may-land-you-in-trouble-with-the-tax-authority/

Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has revealed that the state plans another palliative to the tune of N5bn to bail out Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state and help to cushion the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The measure is expected to help ensure the survival of those businesses as well as reduce job losses.

Read more :https://msmeafricaonline.com/lagos-plans-additional-n5bn-palliative-for-msmes/

The Future is Female Mentorship Program

The First Ever Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology Hackathon

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Founder Institute is supporting even more startups to launch new companies across Nigeria and the rest of Africa.

Stanbic IBTC Founder Institute Lagos which launched in the 4th Quarter of 2018 has since then, churned out over 40 companies through its first two cohorts. Now, FI is set to receive and review applications for its third cohort.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/stanbic-ibtc-founder-institute-lagos-opens-application-for-cohort-iii/

Submission deadline is July 14, 2020.

Call for Submissions: The First Ever Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology Hackathon

The Nigerian Oil and Gas industry is set to experience its first ever technology hackathon, the Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) programme, which is aimed at fostering innovations in the oil and gas industry as well as creating a platform for the proliferation of local content

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/ncdmb-announces-first-ever-nigerian-oil-and-gas-technology-hackathon/

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has forecasted a drop of between $22.1billion and $88.3billion in Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the ravaging effect of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which the continent and the whole world is currently experiencing.

Read more : https://msmeafricaonline.com/africas-gdp-may-drop-by-88-3-billion-due-to-covid-1

Orange Corners is an initiative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in collaboration with Fate Foundation as a local service provider in Nigeria

There is a variety of benefits the program will offer you of which the most important ones are:

Enterprise Management Training
Business Incubation & Advisory Services
Funding for prototype development & testing
Mentorship & Coaching

Get more details and apply : https://msmeafricaonline.com/applications-open-for-orange-corners-incubation-program/

Application closes this month