NIGERIA · BUSINESS & FINANCE
Key Facts
—What happened Access Bank has launched Season 8 of its Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa programme in partnership with the International Finance Corporation, with 120 women entrepreneurs due to start a three-week mini-MBA in November 2026.
—The track record More than 1,141 women across ten African countries have been trained over seven seasons, with grants in excess of US$200,000 awarded to participants.
—The money behind it A €50 million (about US$57 million) European Investment Bank facility and a US$100 million development-finance loan led by Germany’s DEG both earmark at least 30 percent for women-led businesses.
