The cohort includes an additional 250 entrepreneurs to the standard selection of 1,000 thanks to a US$1 million partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to support 200 entrepreneurs in conflict and fragile zones of Nigeria, a US$200,000 agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support 40 pan-African entrepreneurs, and a US$50,000 partnership with Indorama to support 10 Nigerians.
Over the next nine months the entrepreneurs will be trained and mentored, and use the skills acquired to develop a business plan, after which they become eligible to receive up to US$10,000 in seed capital to develop their business concepts.
A full list of the entrepreneurs is available here.
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