Deadline: 18 March, 2022
Fetola, in partnership with First National Bank (FNB), has opened applications for the Youth Startup Accelerator (YSA) programme.
YSA is a hands-on acceleration programme for young business owners who want to refine and define their brands and leadership skills.
Benefits
- Practical, interactive business skills workshops
- Business roadmap template
- Ideation, product development, and business model testing
- Mentoring (group and individual)
- Marketing, market-readiness, and brand building
- Access to data support
Eligibility
- Applicants must be between 18–35 years of age (preference will be given to applicants between the ages of 18–25).
- Has a startup that has been operational for less than six months or a unique idea for starting a business
- Business is at least 51 percent black-owned and managed with an annual turnover not exceeding R1,000,000
- Applicant must not be employed full time
- Applicant must have the passion and resilience needed for business
- Applicant must have a desire to create a profitable and sustainable business
- Preference will be given to applicants based in townships, peri-urban or rural areas
To apply and for more information, click here.
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