Hello Innovators! 👋

Precious here from SASIE, your partner in tech entrepreneurship.

This is it! A crucial reminder to future and budding women entrepreneurs in our community: it's the FINAL CALL to become part of the life-transforming SASIE Idea to Venture program. Don't miss your chance to chart your entrepreneurial future.

Aside from SASIE, we also have a new rundown of other not-to-be-missed opportunities this week, ranging from tech startup accelerators and catalytic funding opportunities to agri-tech awards and policy leadership programs.

Let's get going and let this week count towards our entrepreneurial dreams!

• SASIE Idea to Venture: Open for Applications for Emerging Women Entrepreneurs in Africa!

• TiE Women Program 2025: Empowering Global Women Entrepreneurs!

• Deep SAGE Programme: Bring Your Tech Startup to Global Heights!

• New Commons Challenge: Design Digital Solutions for Common Good!

• The FATE Institute Fellowship Programme: Revolutionize Nigeria's Entrepreneurship Scene!

SASIE Idea to Venture: Open for Applications for Emerging Women Entrepreneurs in Africa!

Transform Your Idea into a Thriving Enterprise with Expert Guidance & Support!

The countdown is over for aspiring young women in business in Africa! SASIE is thrilled to announce that the long-awaited SASIE Idea to Venture program is open for applications. The innovative program seeks to provide women in Africa with a nurturing support network, professional mentorship, and active network to transform their fresh business concepts into a thriving, sustainable business. SASIE Idea to Venture is an experiential, homegrown program that guides women entrepreneurs through the essential phases of developing and building a prosperous venture.

If you've got a brilliant business idea in the pipeline or a new business that needs a big push to expand, this program is for you.

Successful applicants will have access to;

• Expert Mentorship: Private mentorship from proven entrepreneurs and industry experts familiar with the local market.

• Practical Training & Workshops: On-campus workshops on major business subjects such as idea validation, market research, creating a business model, making financial projections, marketing strategy, legal considerations, and pitching.

• Peer-to-Peer Learning: Collaboration, learning from each other's experiences, and help from a community of different backgrounds of fellow ambitious women entrepreneurs.

• Network Building: Networking with prospective partners and investors and exposure to resources in the surrounding and broader entrepreneurial ecosystem. Roadmap to

• Launch/Growth: A clear path and tangible steps to move from idea to marketplace or to expand an existing business.

TiE Women Program 2025: Empowering Global Women Entrepreneurs!

Unleash Mentorship, Networking, and a Door to Global Visibility for Your Startup!

A very unique opportunity awaits women entrepreneurs globally, including women now setting up businesses in Africa. Applications are now open for the TiE Women Program 2025, a comprehensive platform designed to support women-founded startups with meaningful mentorship, strong networking, and opportunities for potential funding and global visibility. If you are a female entrepreneur with a scalable and innovative business, this program can be your gateway to scaling growth and networking with a powerful global ecosystem.

What’s in it for successful applicants;

• Being exposed to a network of seasoned entrepreneurs and industry leaders who provide guidance and wisdom.

• Equity-free cash prizes of about $50,000

• Access to a global network of founders, investors, and business leaders through TiE's extensive reach of chapters globally and international events.

• Guidance in creating business models, strategies, and pitch decks.

• Opportunities to pitch their firms at home and abroad and visibility to potential investors and partners.

• Be part of a worldwide community of women business owners who learn from and support one another.

Deadline June 15, 2025

Deep SAGE Programme: Bring Your Tech Startup to Global Heights!

Unlock up to S$500K of Financing, C-Suite Mentorship, and International Expansion for Seed to Pre-Series A Tech Startups!

The Deep SAGE Program, a collaborative effort by NUS Enterprise, BLOCK71, and TIS Inc., seeks to propel innovative tech startups with significant funding, world-class mentorship, and unparalleled scaling support. The Deep SAGE Program is an intense growth experience expertly crafted exclusively for early-stage tech startups. Suppose you are a female entrepreneur with a bleeding-edge technological solution ready for market expansion and ready to scale with high growth. In that case, this program offers you the robust ecosystem you need to succeed.

Successful participants will have access:

• Direct C-suite Guidance: Fractional CXOs (Chief Experience/Executive Officers) will serve your startup for 12 weeks with hands-on implementation of strategies and addressing key challenges.

• Carefully Curated Mentoring: Enjoy personalized 1:1 mentoring meetings with experienced industry experts and thriving entrepreneurs who will offer personalized advice.

• Elite Access to Funding & Investment: Have the opportunity to raise up to S$500K (approximately US$370,000) in capital and connect directly with a high-quality group of investors.

• Robust Go-to-Market & Scaling Support: Have access to resources and networks that can be helpful, like BLOCK71's global hubs, designed to drive rapid scaling and expansion into markets.

Deadline: 31st May, 2025

New Commons Challenge: Design Digital Solutions for Common Good!

Unlock Grant Funding & Global Exposure for Your Innovative Digital Commons Project!

The New Commons Challenge has launched its call for entry, seeking innovative concepts that reimagine digital platforms, tools, and services to benefit communities and solve pressing global issues. From developing an innovative digital solution for collaboration, sustainability, or social causes, the challenge is your door to winning important funding and international recognition.

Winning projects and winners will be rewarded with:

• Financial assistance to pilot, build, or scale their digital commons project. The fund amount will be clearly described in the challenge guidelines.

• Extensive visibility for their innovative project on a global platform.

• Exposure to fellow innovators, specialists, and potential partners in the area of digital commons.

• Mentorship and Counseling: Potential exposure to professional guidance and experience to hone their project.

Deadline: June 2nd, 2025

The FATE Institute Fellowship Programme: Revolutionize Nigeria's Entrepreneurship Scene!

Calling Policy-Inclined Women Leaders: Drive Evidence-Based Transformation for Entrepreneurs!

A unique and impactful opportunity is here for successful Nigerian female professionals and scholars wanting to revolutionize the entrepreneurial future. FATE Institute launched its two-year, non-residential Fellowship Program, inviting policy professionals, economists, academics, and development experts to bring evidence-based research and thought leadership to nourish Nigeria's thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem. Suppose you are an entrepreneurial woman with a policy, research, or development background and with a heart that yearns to make the world where businesses thrive. In that case, this fellowship offers a powerful vehicle to leave a lasting footprint.

What’s in for successful fellows;

• An immediate opportunity to be part of influential entrepreneurship policy topics and interact with senior-level public and private sector players.

• National Visibility: Present your findings and research on a high-profile national platform.

• Access to senior-level policy discussion and collaboration with a reputable peer network of like-minded individuals.

• The program is non-residential and instructed virtually, with the possibility of participating from various locations in Nigeria.

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