{"id":274274,"date":"2026-01-08T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/274274\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:27:08","slug":"call-for-applications-women-entrepreneurship-development-program-wedp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/274274\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications: Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are now open for <strong>Cohort 2 of the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP)<\/strong>, an initiative supported by the <strong>Mastercard Foundation<\/strong> in partnership with <strong>TAFTA \u2013 Terra Academy for the Arts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The program is designed to equip women entrepreneurs with the skills, tools, mentorship, and accountability support needed to build sustainable and scalable businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why This Program Matters<\/strong><br \/>Women-led businesses often face gaps in access to training, mentorship, and growth capital. The WEDP bridges this gap by combining <strong>capacity building, mentorship, and practical business support<\/strong>, enabling women entrepreneurs to move from ideas to impact-driven enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility Criteria<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Be a <strong>Lagos TAFTA alumna<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Be <strong>interested in entrepreneurship or currently running a business<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Be willing to commit fully to the 3-day bootcamp and post-program mentorship<br \/>\u2022 Be open to business growth, accountability, and structured learning<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benefits<\/p>\n<p>Selected participants will benefit from:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Business training and coaching<br \/>\u2022 2 months of mentorship after the bootcamp<br \/>\u2022 Business registration support<br \/>\u2022 Practical business tools and frameworks<br \/>\u2022 Pitch deck development<br \/>\u2022 Growth and accountability support<br \/>\u2022 Access to a supportive community of women entrepreneurs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong>10th January,\u00a0 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/lagosWEDPCohort2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 367&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Applications are now open for Cohort 2 of the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP), an initiative supported by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[178],"tags":[79,139144,18,236,139145,139146,19,17,139147,104937,131650,139148,139149,139150,139151,139152],"class_list":["post-274274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-businessbootcamp","tag-eire","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-entrepreneurshipnigeria","tag-femalefounders","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lagosentrepreneurs","tag-mastercardfoundation","tag-startupsupport","tag-taftaacademy","tag-wedp2026","tag-womenentrepreneurs","tag-womeninbusiness","tag-womenledbusinesses"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115860186228258651","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}