She Leads Africa Accelerator Programme

If you've got a sister who is doing her own stuff. Or it's your wife. Better even it's you and you are a lady. She Leads Africa has a special yearly programme for you/her. And below are the full details of the programme from their official page, http://sheleadsafrica.org/accelerator/

The SLA Accelerator is a 3 month program designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of Africa's brightest entrepreneurs. This year we're looking for entrepreneurs with businesses from the Agribusiness, Retail & E-Commerce, Technology, Creative and Beauty industries.

If selected, you will access  
 - one-on-one business coaching and mentorship

 - opportunity to pitch to a room of investors and the media

- A suite of on and offline resources to scale your business and;

- A chance to win N2 million in funding from SLA and much more benefits. 

This year's accelerator programme has the following cohorts:

1. GTB Retail Cohort
This cohort is open to entrepreneurs building businesses in the Retail & E-Commerce industry in Abuja.

2. OCP Agribusiness Cohort
This cohort is open to entrepreneurs building businesses in the Agribusiness industry in Kaduna.

3. Cointreau Creatives Cohort
This cohort is open to entrepreneurs building businesses in the Creative industry in Lagos Island.

4. Technology
This cohort is open to entrepreneurs building businesses in the Technology industry in Lagos Mainland.

5. Beauty
The Dark and Lovely x SLA Beauty Accelerator is open to beauty businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast and South Africa.


How The Program Works

Step 1: Put together a top-notch application package, ace the semi-final interviews and get selected by the SLA team. You can find tips and advice here.

Step 2: Spend 1 week with the SLA team being trained in business skills and getting access to some of Africa’s top business minds.

Step 3: Spend the next weeks implementing the lessons learned, meet with the other members of your cohort to learn together and watch the results roll in. You’ll have access to the SLA team for any help or guidance you may need.

Step 4: Investor Dinner! Present your business to a room filled with investors and media. Previous SLA entrepreneurs have been featured on Forbes and CNN. They’ve gone on to raise almost $1mn. A lucky few even got to pitch to Aliko Dangote himself.

Step 5: The top entrepreneur will walk away with cash money for their business. The others will have received 3 months of intensive support and may well hook a few investors in the process!

Apply to your chosen cohort at http://sheleadsafrica.org/accelerator/