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SUNLIGHT X LIONESSES OF AFRICA START-UP ACCELERATOR

We are proud to launch the Sunlight x Lionesses of Africa Start-Up Accelerator.


Sunlight has partnered with Lionesses of Africa to actively support women entrepreneurs in their quest of becoming unstoppable business owners. To help them dismantle the psychological and structural barriers and move their businesses from barely surviving to thriving. 

We are proud to launch the Sunlight x Lionesses of Africa Start-Up Accelerator (South Africa cohort). A free 12 week business and mentorship programme that will empower women entrepreneurs in South Africa with business tools, business coaching and mentorship experiences and help women advance their businesses. 

Through this start-up accelerator programme, women entrepreneurs will have access to a large network of experienced female business owners, professional business coaching and peer to peer network training giving them the solid foundation to grow their business further. 

Lionesses of Africa, together with Sunlight, our mission is to drive large scale change so that Africa’s women entrepreneurs can achieve their start-up dreams.

The Start-up Accelerator programme will take on 300 candidates from South Africa and will be done virtually.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicants must have been running business for minimum a year

  • Applicants must be the business owner

  • Applicants must be older than 21 years of age

  • Applicants must be digitally connected with access to internet and data

  • Applicants must be committed to growing the business

  • Applicants must be prepared to make a formal commitment to undertaking and completing the programme

  • Applicants must be committed to learning, and expanding their knowledge and expertise

  • Applicants must have sound knowledge of their business/industry sector

  • Preference given to female-owned and led business

  • Preference given to black-owned business, but all may apply

  • Preference given to South African citizens and permanent residents

If this sounds like you and your business, click on the application form link below to apply and learn about the programme’s Terms & Conditions. Deadline for applications is 27 August 2021.