The FNB Youth Start-up Accelerator (YSA) Programme has opened entries for a second cohort of aspiring entrepreneurs.
In partnership with Fetola, the one-year programme provides mentorship, training, and support to “young, committed, first-time entrepreneurs” to help grow and develop their business ideas.
Aimed at unemployed youth and aspiring entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35, each year the programme teaches 100 young innovators the skills needed to develop their business ideas and get their enterprises off the ground.
Criteria for the 2023 Youth Start-up Accelerator Programme
If you are:
Age 18 and 35
Have a business that is at least 51% black-owned
Annual turnover not exceeding R1-million
OR
you are an individual with a unique idea for a business
Are passionate, resilient, and driven
Preference will be given to applicants living in townships, rural or peri-urban areas.
Applications close date:
2 June 2023.