BIC Africa Acceleration Programme 2025 for Women Entrepreneurs

Deadline: March 20, 2025

Applications are open for the BIC Africa Acceleration Programme 2025. The fifth version of the BIC Africa Acceleration Programme for Women Entrepreneurs will help 30 girls entrepreneurs in complete, together with 20 from the nation tasks Angola, Comoros, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia and 10 others from different Sub-Saharan African nations keen to scale their companies, whereas contributing to realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The programme will run from April to July 2025, and it’ll give attention to established submit-income girls entrepreneurs with a registered enterprise and an operational staff, throughout all sectors and enterprise sorts by way of a mix of on-line coaching modules, group teaching classes, particular person workouts, and networking classes with girls consultants from Africa and Europe with related expertise in supporting revolutionary entrepreneurs and begin-ups. One-on-one mentoring classes will likely be provided to a restricted variety of members.

The core programme will embody:

6 on-line interactive coaching modules (every lasting 1.5 hours), on matters similar to Mission; Unique Value Proposition and Product Development; Business Model; Team & Partnerships; Finance; Marketing.
4 on-line group teaching classes (every lasting 1.5 hours), on matters similar to Leadership and influencing expertise; Mastering private and enterprise funds; Storytelling and pitch coaching; Time administration and prioritisation.

2 Networking classes (at first and on the finish of the programme)
Access to help paperwork and recordings of the classes
Integration within the BIC Africa Community of ladies entrepreneurs, with visibility on the BIC Africa web site, integration into the LinkedIn group for this Community, in addition to entry to different networking and market linkage alternatives and occasions.

Benefits

The BIC Africa Acceleration Programme is geared toward serving to the 30 members:

Explore development and scaling trajectories for their companies and options.

Assess the staff competencies and think about how their enterprise mannequin will adapt to the expansion part.
Articulate the social worth proposition, figuring out why and the way the proposed answer contributes to SDGs.
Gain entry to acceptable sectorial, native, and worldwide consultants.

Join a vibrant neighborhood of ladies entrepreneurs, to be taught, trade and join.
Connect with BIC Africa and the European Business Innovation Centre Network (EBN) to unleash the affect of ladies entrepreneurs.

Eligibility

The most well-liked candidate must be:

Be a girl (minimal age of 18-years-outdated) founder/proprietor of already established enterprise with an operational staff and a robust growth potential.
Be obtainable between April and July 2025 to take part within the Programme with most 2 hours per week for on-line classes + time to work individually and replicate upon the learnings.

Already operating a begin-up or firm (it have to be registered since at the least 1 yr) and in search of to scale up.
Demonstrate dedication to actively take part in all of the actions of the Acceleration Programme and aiding future developments of the programme.
Have entry to dependable web connection.