{"id":682008,"date":"2026-01-08T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/682008\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:39:10","slug":"call-for-applications-women-entrepreneurship-development-program-wedp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/682008\/","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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 192&#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":682009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3094],"tags":[51,206766,3134,206767,206768,206769,182801,201106,206770,16,15,206771,206772,206773,206774],"class_list":{"0":"post-682008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-businessbootcamp","10":"tag-entrepreneurship","11":"tag-entrepreneurshipnigeria","12":"tag-femalefounders","13":"tag-lagosentrepreneurs","14":"tag-mastercardfoundation","15":"tag-startupsupport","16":"tag-taftaacademy","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wedp2026","20":"tag-womenentrepreneurs","21":"tag-womeninbusiness","22":"tag-womenledbusinesses"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}