Target Audience
Growth-oriented African women running established SMEs who want to scale.
● Past programmeWomen's Enterprise
Investor Readiness for Women
With the Graça Machel Trust
Growth-oriented African women running established SMEs who want to scale.
Programme Summary
At a glance
Investor Readiness for Women Entrepreneurs
Key Outcomes
Investor readiness; access to corporate supply chains; job creation.
Duration
10 months (5 months of training + 5 months of mentorship aftercare) · Completed
Delivery Method
Virtual training, mentorship aftercare and corporate market linkage.
Learning Journey
How the programme unfolds
- 1
Diagnostic
- 2
Optimisation
- 3
Capital Prep
- 4
Market Entry
How it's delivered
Africa · Virtual
Format
Duration
Cohorts
Partners
Graça Machel Trust
Afrishela
Open to participants in all 47 counties · Online
Related Programmes
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Upcoming
Women's Enterprise
Road to Markets
Established women-led MSMEs in Kenya, operating 3+ years, scaling their geographic or digital footprint.
- Reach
- Kenya-wide · Hybrid
- Duration
- 6 months, about 10 hours/month
- Dates
- Dates TBC
Upcoming
Women's Enterprise
Road to Growth
Growth-stage women founders of registered SMEs facing structural or financial barriers to growth.
- Reach
- Kenya-wide · Hybrid
- Duration
- 7-week intensive accelerator
- Dates
- Dates TBC
Past
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Road to Leadership
Growth-oriented Kenyan women entrepreneurs and SME owners moving from day-to-day operations into strategic business leadership.
Kenya-wide · Virtual · 3–4-week cohort