Finance
Credit that requires collateral held in someone else’s name.
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A national platform that finds, trains, funds and showcases women-led businesses across Nigeria.
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In partnership with
40%
of Nigeria’s micro, small and medium enterprises are owned by women. (Source: NBS)
What has been absent are structure, visibility and access to growth ramps. Four barriers hold her back.
Visibility
A customer base that ends where the street starts.
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Capability
Training that arrives as a one-day seminar and leaves the same day.
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Networks
Being rarely in the rooms where deals are made.
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They are already building. What they lack is a way to scale.
Nigeria does not have a shortageof women entrepreneurs.It has a shortage of platformsthat help them grow.
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Too short.
A weekend or a two to three day workshop cannot build operations designed to last.
Too narrow.
Existing programmes fix one thing (grants, courses or photo opportunities) while other pain points go unattended.
Too exclusive.
Restricted catchments deny the largest groups access to the support they need.
Her Biz Makeover moves women through one clear journey, each step designed to move a promising business one real step forward.
Discover
A national open call and pitch stage putting your business in the spotlight.
Develop
A structured accelerator that builds real capability in strategy, finance, marketing and governance.
Showcase
An immersive final experience with coaching, mentorship and investor exposure.
Every woman who enters leaves with something: community, visibility, skills, business support or recognition. These are the numbers we are aiming for.
- applications
- 2,000
- applications
- showcase businesses
- 500
- showcase businesses
- accelerator participants
- 200
- accelerator participants
- bootcamp finalists
- 20
- bootcamp finalists
- grand winner
- 1
- grand winner
- states reached
- 36
- states reached
- impressions
- 2M+
- impressions
- founder stories
- 100+
- founder stories
Millions of Nigerian women already have products, businesses and customers. What has been missing is the traction to grow them into profitable, lasting enterprises.
When a woman-owned business scales, the impact reaches further than the business itself. It strengthens households, supports education and healthcare, creates jobs and builds stronger communities.