About Us

FATE Foundation is Nigeria’s foremost business development organisation committed to enabling aspiring and emerging Nigerian entrepreneurs to start, grow, and scale their businesses. Founded in 2000 by Fola Adeola, with the support of other leading private sector leaders, the Foundation aims to harness Nigeria’s high potential entrepreneurship culture to spur job creation, economic development, and social impact.

 For 25 years, FATE Foundation has provided entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to succeed in their entrepreneurial journey through various initiatives, including entrepreneurship training programmes, business incubation and acceleration, mentorship and coaching, access to finance and markets, research and policy advocacy, and scholarship programmes. FATE Foundation was established to harness the strong entrepreneurial culture of Nigerians by providing aspiring entrepreneurs with business incubation, growth, and accelerator support required to fully explore their innovative potential, to start, grow, and scale their businesses.

Over the years, the Foundation has grown, evolved, and expanded its scope to include The FATE School, a dedicated school of entrepreneurship; research, policy, and advocacy through The FATE Institute, and philanthropy through The FATE Giving, all aimed at achieving more measurable impact.

Our Target Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Our Mission and Vision

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