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The Bank Of Industry
The Bank of Industry BOI has initiated a new Empowerment program called the Rural Area Programme On Investment for Development (RAPID) and is calling on all interested applicants to apply for the program via the application link below.
What is the RAPID Program? The Rural Area Program on Investment for Development (RAPID) is an initiative by the Bank of Industry (BOI) aimed at fostering sustainable development, job creation, and economic empowerment in rural communities throughout Nigeria. It provides financial support, business advisory services, and training programs to rural entrepreneurs, particularly micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Who is eligible to apply for the RAPID Program? Duly registered Enterprises and Cooperative Societies operating in rural or economically disadvantaged areas of Nigeria are eligible to apply.
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Wema Bank Hackaholics 5.0 ( Up to N90 million)
Join the largest community of problem-solvers, visionaries, creative thinkers and Innovators in Africa, at the annual Hackaholics Ideathon, and together, let’s catalyze change with the enabling power of Technology Powered by ALAT / WEMA BANK.
What is HACKAHOLICS?
Hackaholics is a youth-focused startup competition aimed to provide a platform that enables innovators and startup founders with tech-driven or tech-enabled game-changing ideas and products to grow and blitz scale their ventures. This laudable initiative is powered by Wema Bank/ ALAT; one of Nigeria’s Most digitally dominant financial institution. There has been 3 previous editions and we are excited to present the 5th edition tagged Meta-Idea
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Call for Applications: Meta / Genesis Startup Academy 4.0
This is a free international program for founders of startups on how to build, operate, and scale profitable tech businesses. The program is a part of TRMNL4 powered by Genesis.
During StartUp Academy, founders can
- Commit to only what their business needs
- Navigate their startup with a trusted mentor
- Involve the first people on their team in program activities
- Pitch and connect with investors
- Choose advisors for specific challenges
- Receive 24/7 access to the content library
Eligibility
- The program is designed mainly for tech-driven software startups from Pre-Seed to Seed stages.
- Software startups, both B2C and B2B, in different domains like FinTech, EdTech, Mobility, etc.
Program
- Marketing & Strategy
- Global GTM strategy
- Market research toolset
- Pivot strategies
- Key startup survival metrics
- Seed stage founder’s focuses
- Financial Benchmarks
- Unit economy frameworks
- Due diligence & company valuation
- Fundraising round formation
- Marketing Tools & Sales Hacks
- Paid user acquisition
- Virality, influencers, integrations
- Startup CMO operations & budgeting
- B2B sales management
- Corporate negotiations
- People & Number Management
- Revenue formula-driven operations
- Co-founder engagement in a target market
- Hiring model to find the right first people in your team
- Data-driven Product
- Engagement hacks for retention growth
- Custdev in seed+ stages
- Growth model frameworks
- Product analytics with the relevant metrics
- Tech Lifestyle
- Generative AI business opportunities
- CTO operations in seed+ stages
- Non-tech founder ways to build a solution
- Development resource optimization
- Pitch Hard knocks
- Pitch every two weeks and receive feedback on your deck from different stakeholders
- Join Pitch Day as a final step of the program and meet investors from all over the world
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