Pan-Atlantic programme graduates 11 women tech founders

Eleven women founders graduated from the seventh cohort of the Women in Tech Incubator and Accelerator Programme, a Pan-Atlantic University initiative in partnership with Standard Chartered Foundation and Village Capital. The programme, launched in 2019, has supported 60 women-owned technology and tech-enabled businesses since then.

The graduates received specialised advisory services, capacity building, mentoring, and coaching to strengthen their businesses. The Enterprise Development Centre at Pan-Atlantic University, which organizes the programme, added financial structures and governance to the startups, creating a board for each business. The initiative targets businesses at least 51% women-owned and technology-enabled, with business solutions developed personally or observed in their communities.

Among the graduates, Fara Popoola, Founder and CEO of Check It Limited, said the programme helped her narrow her focus and better define her target market.