{"id":9983,"date":"2022-11-25T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360womanafrica.com\/demo\/what-we-do\/wibef-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:02:23","slug":"empowerment-fund-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/360womanafrica.com\/demo\/what-we-do\/empowerment-fund-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"360 Woman Africa Business Grant 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9983\" class=\"elementor elementor-9983\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7cce90 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7cce90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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https:\/\/360womanafrica.com\/demo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1087-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce7e46b ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"ce7e46b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322ea9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"322ea9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">360 Woman Africa Women In Business Empowerment Fund<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ab611c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ab611c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In partnership with African Industries Group (AIG), 360 Woman Africa awards #5,000,000.00\u00a0grant to four Nigerian women in business.<\/p><div>In a bid to engage and close the gap that exists between women and access to finance to grow their businesses, we have now completed the 2022 Grant cycle.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Four lucky women entrepreneurs won a whopping 5 Million Naira in equity-free grants. The 360 Woman Africa Women in Business Fund, sponsored by Nigeria\u2019s largest steel manufacturing company African Industries Group (AIG), seeks to shrink the financial gaps in Africa, especially for women in business. <strong>Four Winners were selected from a pool of over 1500 applicants.<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21b80de elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21b80de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c37cc78 ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"c37cc78\" 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state)\u00a0<\/li><li>Second Prize Winner: Oluwatosin Ogunbanjo , CEO Avenue 7 Leather Goods (Lagos State)\u00a0<\/li><li>Third Prize Winner:\u00a0 Pricillia Omife CEO, Pris-Edwina Farms (Enugu State)\u00a0<\/li><li>Fourth Prize Winner:\u00a0Kelechi Abiri CEO, Repose-bay Limited\u00a0 (Lagos State).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-454e749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"454e749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Press Release<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47564b3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-ibutton\" data-id=\"47564b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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