Applications are now open for the 2025 RevUp Women enterprise development Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About RevUp Women enterprise development Programme
Opportunity Details
AfriLabs invites you to apply for the RevUp Women Initiative: Nigeria Edition, an enterprise development initiative designed to accelerate early-stage, women-led businesses within the Agribusiness and E-commerce sectors through tailored support, capacity building, and access to a thriving pan-African innovation ecosystem.
The RevUp Women Initiative is an enterprise development programme that supports early-stage, women-led businesses across Africa. It aims to help women entrepreneurs build and sustainable ventures, create jobs, and foster inclusive economic growth through capacity building, access to finance, and strategic partnerships. This edition focuses on Nigerian women entrepreneurs in E-commerce and Agribusiness, with a strong emphasis on leveraging technology for business growth and impact.
Benefits of RevUp Women enterprise development Programme
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, 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.
RevUp Women enterprise development Programme Requirements
To apply, you must:
- Be a woman entrepreneur who owns at least 51% of the business.
- Be the CEO, Executive Director or equivalent of the company
- Be based in Lagos, Abuja, or Abia States.
- Have an existing product or service that is already in the market based in Lagos, Abuja or Abia States
- Operate within the E-commerce or Agribusiness sector as defined below
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, such as 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 Self-Assessment Checklist
To qualify, your business should meet all the following criteria:
Do you have a website, mobile app, where customers can browse and order your products or services?
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 fulfil customer orders digitally?
Do you use digital tools to manage key business operations (e.g., inventory, deliveries, customer support, sales tracking)?
Does your business have the potential to grow and serve more customers primarily through digital platforms?
If you answer “No” to any of these, your business does not qualify as an e-commerce venture for this programme. This includes businesses that:
- Only use WhatsApp or Instagram for marketing but complete all sales manually
- Do not have any online payment or ordering system
- Operate strictly offline without any digital infrastructure
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 Self-Assessment Checklist
To qualify, 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 Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
08 August, 2025
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