2025 RevUp Women enterprise development Programme

Applications are now open for the 2025 RevUp Women Enterprise Development Programme, an initiative designed to accelerate early-stage, women-led businesses in Nigeria. This programme focuses on the Agribusiness and E-commerce sectors, offering tailored support, capacity building, and access to a thriving pan-African innovation ecosystem.

📖 About the Programme

The RevUp Women Initiative: Nigeria Edition is an enterprise development programme that supports early-stage, women-led businesses across Africa. It aims to:

• Build sustainable ventures.
• Create jobs.
• Foster inclusive economic growth through capacity building, access to finance, and strategic partnerships.

This edition specifically targets Nigerian women entrepreneurs in E-commerce and Agribusiness, with a strong emphasis on leveraging technology for business growth and impact.

📅 Opportunity Details

• Date Published: July 14, 2025
• Application Deadline: August 08, 2025
• Category: Entrepreneurs, Grants, Women
• Opportunity Location: Nigeria
• Eligible Locations: Nigeria

🎁 Benefits

Participants will benefit from:

• A 12-week intensive hybrid acceleration programme focused on business growth, market expansion, and investment readiness.
• Access to high-quality female mentors across Africa.
• Visibility and access to investment and funding opportunities, as well as the wider AfriLabs network.
• Eligibility to win from $24,000 in funding, awarded to six outstanding women entrepreneurs:
  • $5,000 each for three first-place winners.
  • $3,000 each for three second-place winners.
• Opportunities to showcase your business and position it for scale.
• Inclusion in a dynamic community of women entrepreneurs driving innovation.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

To apply, you must:

1. Be a woman entrepreneur who owns at least 51% of the business.
2. Be the CEO, Executive Director, or equivalent of the company.
3. Be based in Lagos, Abuja, or Abia States.
4. Have an existing product or service that is already in the market.
5. Operate within the E-commerce or Agribusiness sector.

💻 What Qualifies as E-commerce?

E-commerce businesses are defined as companies that sell physical or digital products or services primarily through an online platform, including:

• Tech-enabled online retail stores (e.g., fashion, beauty, or household goods brands that operate through a website).
• Online marketplaces where customers can browse products, add to cart, and pay directly on the platform.
• Digital service providers that enable online payments or bookings (e.g., logistics, consulting, edtech, healthtech).
• Subscription-based product or service models delivered online.

E-commerce Eligibility Checklist:

Your business should meet all the following criteria:

• Online Sales Platform: Do you have a website or mobile app where customers can browse and order your products or services?
• Digital Payment System: Can customers pay for your products or services online using debit cards, bank transfers, or digital wallets?
• Online Order Fulfillment: Do you receive, process, and fulfill customer orders digitally?
• Use of Technology: Do you use digital tools to manage key business operations (e.g., inventory, deliveries, customer support, sales tracking)?
• Scalable Digital Model: Does your business have the potential to grow and serve more customers primarily through digital platforms?

Note: Businesses that only use WhatsApp or Instagram for marketing but complete all sales manually, lack online payment systems, or operate strictly offline do not qualify.

🌾 What Qualifies as Agribusiness?

Agribusinesses for this programme are defined as agriculture-based enterprises that integrate technology or innovation across the agricultural value chain, including:

• Tech-enabled food processing and packaging.
• Agro-logistics platforms and cold chain solutions.
• Smart or precision farming (e.g., use of IoT, data, or mobile tools).
• E-extension, e-commerce for farm produce, or digital platforms for farm inputs.
• Agric-fintech or insurance solutions for farmers.
• Value-added production or sustainable agritech solutions.

Agribusiness Eligibility Checklist:

Your business should meet all the following criteria:

• Are you using technology to enhance any part of your agricultural value chain?
• Do you offer tech-enabled logistics, input distribution, or advisory services?
• Have you digitized any part of your production, sales, or supply chain?
• Are you developing a scalable agritech solution with measurable impact?

🗓️ Application Process

To apply, visit the RevUp Women Enterprise Development Programme Application Portal.

⏳ Application Deadline

August 08, 2025

🌐 Additional Information

For more details, visit the RevUp Women Enterprise Development Programme.

This programme is sponsored by AfriLabs, a pan-African network supporting innovation and entrepreneurship.

• A 12-week intensive hybrid acceleration programme focused on business growth, market expansion, and investment readiness.
• Access to high-quality female mentors across Africa.
• Visibility and access to investment and funding opportunities, and the wider AfriLabs’ network.
• Eligibility to win from $24,000 in funding, awarded to six outstanding women entrepreneurs:
  • $5,000 each for three first-place winners.
  • $3,000 each for three second-place winners.
• Opportunities to showcase your business and position it for scale.
• Inclusion in a dynamic community of women entrepreneurs driving innovation.