Pivot Challenge 2025 for Young Entrepreneurs in Southeastern Nigeria – YOA

Deadline: August 18, 2025

Applications are open for the Pivot Challenge 2025. The Pivot Challenge shouldn’t be your typical coaching program. It’s a digital transformation motion tailor-made to Nigeria’s most resilient entrepreneurs, the merchants, the producers, and the dreamers. Whether you promote materials in Ariaria or handle a furnishings workshop in Enugu, they’re right here that will help you develop.

This 12 months, the Pivot Challenge will empower 3,000 MSMEs throughout Southeastern Nigeria. Over the course of a 7-week hybrid bootcamp combining on-line classes with in-person help. You’ll be empowered with the instruments to strategically place your corporation for digital transformation and international visibility.

Benefits

• Mentorship and Business Support
• Free Subscription to Digital Business Tools
• Media Visibility and Market Access
• Equity Free Funding

Eligibility

MSMEs in the south East Nigeria who’re into gentle manufacturing and commerce:

• Textiles and Garments — Clothing, materials, and trend equipment.
• Footwear Production — Shoes, sandals, and associated merchandise.
• Furniture Making — Wooden, metallic, and upholstered furnishings.
• Food Processing — Packaged snacks, drinks, and canned items.
• Cosmetics and Personal Care — Soaps, lotions, and sweetness merchandise.
• Packaging Materials — Cartons, plastic containers, and labeling.
• Household Goods — Kitchenware, home decor, and cleansing merchandise.
• Paper Products — Stationery, notebooks, and packaging paper.
• Electronic Assembly — Simple electronics like family devices.
• Plastic Products — Toys, buckets, and storage options
• Retail Stores — Selling items on to customers (e.g., supermarkets, clothes retailers).
• Wholesale Distributors — Supplying merchandise in bulk to retailers or different companies.
• Import/Export Businesses — Trading items throughout worldwide borders.
• E-commerce Stores — Online platforms promoting merchandise to prospects (native or international).
• Market Traders — Small-scale distributors in native markets.
• Automobile Dealerships — Trading in new or used vehicles and automobile components.
• Pharmaceutical Distributors — Selling medicines and medical provides.
• Building Materials Suppliers — Trading in cement, tiles, plumbing supplies, and so forth.
• Agricultural Produce Trading — Buying and promoting farm merchandise like grains, fruits, and greens.
• Consumer Electronics Trading — Phones, devices, and equipment gross sales

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Pivot Challenge.