Call for Applications: Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Program 2025 (Funding Opportunities, Mentorship, Capacity Building and other Benefits)
The Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Program—a proud partnership between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and FATE Foundation—is worked up to announce the application name for the twelfth cohort of Orange Corners Nigeria in Lagos!
For over 5 years, they’ve empowered bold entrepreneurs to show their visions into thriving companies, supporting 220 modern companies by 11 profitable cohorts. Watching these transformations inside their dynamic Orange Corners ecosystem has been a testomony to the affect they create.
Funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lagos and applied by FATE Foundation, Orange Corners Nigeria has a single, highly effective mission: to construct a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Nigeria. They equip younger entrepreneurs with the talents, information, and assist they should create sustainable financial alternatives inside their communities.
Structure & Curriculum
The Incubation program combines a mixture of interactive enterprise coaching, mentoring, advisory and enterprise assist providers to allow every participant totally develop their concept from an idea to a viable product/service.
Enterprise Training & Master Classes
- Concept Development
- Design Thinking
- Market Strategy
- Product/Service Development
- Operations Management
- Business Model Canvas
- Business Plan Development
- Budgeting, Financial Management and Financial Reporting
- People Management
- Raising Financing
- Digital Marketing
- Business Pitching
Business Support
- Business Growth Advisory (accounting, authorized, tax, HR, advertising, digital)
- Business Registration with the CAC
- Funding Linkages
- Market Linkages
Mentoring
- Matching with a Business Mentor
Eligibility
- Applicant must be a resident of Lagos;
- Entrepreneurs between the ages of 18-35;
- Running a sustainable enterprise tackling challenges in Circular Economy, Agriculture, Health, Tech, or Water Solutions.
Application Process
Stage I: Interested candidates should fill the web kind. Applicants will probably be required to finish all of the required fields and add the following:
- Passport Photograph
- School Certificate or Statement of Result
- Birth Certificate
- CAC Registration (Optional)
Stage II: Following an overview of all obtained functions, 30 candidates will probably be shortlisted for a 2-day Bootcamp which is able to culminate in a Pitch Competition to shortlist the highest 20 individuals per stream to undergo the Incubation program.
Deadline: January 15, 2025