SHEshisa Women in Business Accelerator 2025 – YOA

Deadline: June 13, 2025

Applications are open for the SHEshisa Women in Business Accelerator 2025. SHEshisa (loosely translated as ‘Accelerate’) is a 6-month, sector agnostic accelerator programme designed to help feminine founders in and round Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. SHEshisa Accelerator has been rigorously designed to supply a professional-lively and secure studying area for feminine founders to innovate, undertake expertise, improve enterprise abilities and confidence and create new connections.

SHEshisa addresses three pillars of feminine founder help:​

• The Woman​: Supporting the human behind the enterprise to realize private development on varied ranges.
• Her Business​: Training, instruments and abilities to develop her enterprise innovation, operations and revenue.
• Her Community​: Expanding her skilled and help community whereas enabling her to handle relationships and positively affect these round her.

Benefits

Over six months, you’ll take part in a mix of in-person and digital periods, having access to:

• Expert-led workshops on downside fixing, expertise, monetary administration, advertising, operations, HR, enterprise fashions, communication, and extra.
• One-on-one mentorship and enterprise teaching.
• Peer-to-peer studying with a cohort of formidable ladies founders.
• Opportunities to pitch for funding and join with buyers.
• A vibrant neighborhood that helps your private {and professional} development.

Eligibility

• Business has been working between 1 – 5 years.​
• Business annual turnover lower than ZAR 1m.​
• Business primarily based and actively working in KwaZulu-Natal.​
• Business enabled by expertise OR enterprise can be pivoted to allow expertise.​
• Business that’s revolutionary in its mannequin OR a enterprise that’s open to making use of innovation to their enterprise mannequin.
• Applicant must be in/close to Durban to attend in-person periods. 
• Applicant must be a South African citizen or everlasting resident.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to SHEshisa Women in Business Accelerator.