Scholarships for SA female business owners

Overview

Subsidised scholarships are available for women with high growth potential, including those from rural, regional, First Nations, and culturally diverse backgrounds.

Selected participants will join a private support network where they can share strategies, challenges, and ideas, while encouraging each other to achieve their business goals.

The program consists of 5 sub-program groups:

• Premium Entrepreneur – offers peer coaching and mentoring sessions, each lasting 3 hours and held in person. Groups are capped at 10 members, with no competing industry sectors within the same group.
• Flex Entrepreneur – offers one-on-one business advisory, coaching, or mentoring sessions, peer group coaching and mentoring sessions, available either in person or online. Groups are capped at 10 members, with no competing industries in the same group.
• Entrepreneurs Peer Group – includes peer group coaching and mentoring sessions.
• Coaching/mentoring/ business advisory program – provides business advisory, coaching, or mentoring sessions capped at 8 participants.
• First Nations Group – includes peer group sessions, capped at 8 participants.

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To be eligible, you must:

• be a female business owner (with at least 50% ownership) in SA, reaching a minimum turnover of $250,000 (not applicable for First Nations entrepreneurs), with a desire to scale, or
• be a female First Nations business owner in SA, earning revenue and eager to grow their business.