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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has launched a grant initiative to help up to two million vulnerable Nigerian women acquire shares in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery IPO through matching and unconditional grants.

Lagos State and the African Development Bank have launched a scheme to support 610 women-led businesses with training, mentoring and grants to improve access to finance.

Female-founded startups receive less than 1% of African venture funding, research shows, even as Nigerian startups raised $254 million in the first half of 2026.