AWIEF and Victoria's Secret Growth Accelerator 2024 for Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs


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Victoria's Secret is teaming up with the African Women's Initiative for Entrepreneurship (AWIEF) to create a seven-month accelerator program for Nigerian women entrepreneurs, the BBC reports.

The accelerator, which will run from February to March 2024, will provide 20 women with "the opportunity to participate in the seven-month, high-impact, investment readiness program," according to the AWIEF website.

Interested women must be based in Nigeria and have an annual revenue of at least $1 million.

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