Sponsoring Agency: FATE Foundation
Type of Fund:
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/03/2021
Size of the Fund: Not Available
Deadline: Various
- Abuja: 25 April 2021
- Gombe and Kebbi: 25 April 2021
- Ondo and Ekiti: 30 May 2021
- Lagos: 30 May 2021
- Kaduna: 11 July 2021
- Abia and Imo: 11 July 2021
- Delta and Edo: 22 August 2021
- Osun and Oyo: 22 August 2021
- Enugu and Akwa-Ibom: 3 October 2021
With most businesses still trying to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and others faced with the challenge of pivoting their businesses digitally, FATE Foundation launches another edition of our Facebook sponsored “Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Digital Programme which is targeted at startup Founders with innovative business ideas between the ages of 25 – 40 years. This virtual programme is designed to provide the qualified founders with relevant knowledge, tools and skills to grow sustainable and digitally enabled businesses while also impacting the economy positively.
Curriculum Overview
With most businesses on the verge of closing out operations, while others have drastically pivoted into new businesses discarding their original ideas. The AEP Digital (Virtual Edition) curriculum is designed to provide insight to aspiring entrepreneurs to see diverse hidden market potentials despite the ravaging unforeseen changes in the world, help create a structured and practical business model, learn the diverse opportunities available through the various digital tools to grow their businesses. The curriculum is designed to bring business owners into a face to face position with the realities of running a successful enterprise in the new and/or arising entrepreneurship ecosystem laced with implementable strategies that will ensure online visibility using different digital tools and strategies.
These sessions will be facilitated by various industry leaders and professionals across the entrepreneurship ecosystem using a pedagogy approach to build networks amongst the entrepreneurs and encourage group/team work for better learning. The robust learning structure is a combination of virtual interactive class sessions which will run for six (6) weeks per cohort, workshops, case studies, entrepreneurship book reviews, plenary sessions, masterclasses and group activities.
Key Benefits and Learning Outcomes
• Business Model/Re-Modeling Strategies & Pivot
• Digital Marketing Strategies & Enablement
• Financial Literacy and Cashflow Management
• Financing Strategies
• Access to Free Digital Tools and Platforms
• Facebook Ad Credits for Winners of the Pitch Competition
• Access to FATE Foundation’s Business Advisory and Support Services
• Access to Funding and Market Linkages
Criteria
To qualify, entrepreneurs must be graduates with startups that have already launched, be computer literate, aged 25-40 years and have access to a digitally enabled device. Each applicant will also be required to upload relevant documents as indicated with detailed information about them and their business as the case might be.
To be eligible, you must be:
• Between 25 – 40 years old
• Computer Literate
• Have Access to a Laptop or Data Enabled Device
• Have already registered and launched a business.
• Have graduated from an Accredited Tertiary Level Institution
• Must be able to participate all through the required programme duration
More information at: https://www.fatefoundation.org/project/aep-digital/#1606141831576-47ac9371-13d9
