InnovateHER Africa
Helping African Women Through Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship
A partnership between the Impact Innovation Foundation and elevateHER in Nigeria.
A Movement That Begins in Nigeria
The inaugural cohort will support 20 women over a 6-month program that includes:
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Training to launch a tech-enabled online business
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Mentorship and peer collaboration
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Tools to create, market, and sell digital products
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Access to branding and automation systems
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Personal and business development resources
Each woman’s full participation in this life-changing program costs $1,500. We are currently seeking $30,000 in sponsorship to fund the entire first cohort and prove the impact of this scalable model.
Tuition
The total tuition for InnovateHER Africa is $1,500 USD.
This covers the full six-month mentorship experience:
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Step-by-step business kit to launch a digital product-based business
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Mentorship and guidance to launch your own business idea
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A complete Business Starter Kit with templates, branding tools, and automation setup
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Monthly group mentorship sessions with expert coaches
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Lifetime access to online lessons and global community
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A proven system that has helped hundreds create sustainable income from home
Each woman’s full participation in this life-changing program costs $1,500. We are currently seeking $30,000 in sponsorship to fund the entire first cohort and prove the impact of this scalable model.
Program Timeline
Set up your online business using the Business Kit. Begin building your online business step by step.
Begin mapping out and outlining your own business idea.
Month 1
Discover your "why" and create a brand that speaks to your ideal audience. Define your personal brand values and identify your niche and target audience for your custom business idea.
Month 2
Set up recurring income systems and explore additional digital product options for your online business. Create your minimum viable product (MVP) for your personal business idea and begin receiving early feedback.
Month 3
Present your original business concept to your mentor and peers to gather insight and suggestions.
Use this feedback to refine your messaging, offer, and strategy while continuing to grow your online business.
Month 4
Optimize your systems, improve your content, and fine-tune your branding. Test your updated offer.
Month 5
Graduate from InnovateHER with final recommendations and lifetime access to training resources.
Month 6
Why This Work Matters
Across Africa, millions of women have ideas and potential but lack access to training, mentorship, or technology to turn those ideas into thriving businesses. InnovateHER Africa bridges this gap. By combining local leadership from elevateHER with IIF’s global resources and framework, this program offers culturally relevant, high-impact support that changes lives.
When women earn, families eat. When women lead, communities change. InnovateHER Africa is building a future where African women are equipped to level up their own economic destinies through innovation and entrepreneurship.
At the Impact Innovation Foundation, our mission is to build inclusive pathways to innovation, entrepreneurship, and generational transformation. InnovateHER Africa is accomplishing this mission by using digital business as a tool for equity, empowerment, and economic mobility for women.
Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
InnovateHER Africa is grounded in equity, inclusion, and impact. The program directly supports the following United Nations SDGs:
Goal 1:
No Poverty
Helping women to build income-generating businesses in their local communities
Goal 4:
Quality Education
Structured learning in business development and digital tools.
Goal 5:
Gender Equality
Providing women with the resources and voice to become business leaders.
Goal 8:
Decent Work and Economic Growth
By creating new streams of income and job creation.
Goal 10:
Reduced Inequalities
By prioritizing underserved and underrepresented women.