Unveiling our 20th Anniversary Commemoration Logo
FATE Foundation is excited to announce its 20th anniversary and unveil the commemoration logo. Incorporated in 2000, Nigeria’s foremost enterprise development organisation was founded by Mr. Fola Adeola (Founder & Pioneer Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, GTBank) to harness the strong entrepreneurial culture of Nigerians by providing business incubation, growth enablement and accelerator...
Pivoting to Digital
In line with current developments with the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), the need to join national and global efforts to contain the spread and more importantly ensuring the safety of our entrepreneurs, team and volunteer community, FATE Foundation transitioned its operations and programmes from in-person...
Appointment of Adenike Adeyemi as a Board trustee to Youth Business International (YBI)
We are happy to announce the appointment of our Executive Director, Adenike Adeyemi as a Board trustee to Youth Business International (YBI). YBI is a global network of independent non-profit initiatives operating in over 40 countries across 5 continents and whose headquarters is in the...
NutriPitch: Nourish Nigeria Challenge 2019 Local Elevator Pitch Competition
L to R: Amaka Adekoya, C.O.O of Ladiv Integrated Services; Oluwaseun Sangoleye, Mum-in-Chief of Baby Grubz; Adenike Adeyemi ED, FATE Foundation; Juliet Aigbe, Founder of Bourffe Bakeries Ltd. The NutriPitch Accelerator Programme ended with a Local Elevator Pitch Competition on Thursday, December 12, 2019 and...
Press Release: Announcing the Conclusion of the ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme 2019!
In case you have been wondering what we’ve been up to over the last 6 months at the ScaleUp Lab by FATE Foundation, we have had a very amazing entrepreneurial journey with 10 high potential agribusiness entrepreneurs at the 3rd cohort of the ScaleUp Agribusiness...
Global Entrepreneurship Congress, 2019 Bahrain Highlights
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress took place in Manama Bahrain between April 16 to 18, 2019. This is a yearly conference that brings together entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, and startup champions to deliberate on different issues and find solutions affecting their local and even global Entrepreneurship Ecosystems....
The 2019 Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Digital Programme Launches This Week
This Week Following a successful run of the first ever full course Entrepreneurship Bootcamp programme focused on enabling Nigerian startups with digital strategies, FATE Foundation, and Facebook Nigeria will on February 19 commence the second year of this programme. Co-Created by the two organisations, the Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Digital programme is a 4-week programme focused...
Announcing our $150,000 Grant Award from Citi Foundation
Starting the year on a very high note, I am pleased to announce our grant award of $150,000 from Citi Foundation towards supporting our Aspiring Entrepreneurs Programme (AEP). The funding is from Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress initiative designed to boost the employability of young…
Press Release – Aspiring Entrepreneurs Digital Pitch Fest Results
Buffeteria, Innovative Food Startup from Abuja wins the 2018 Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Digital Pitch Competition Lagos-Nigeria, December 17, 2018 Buffetaria, a food StartUp from Abuja founded by Amenze Igbinedion-Okeke won the first prize of the 2018 Facebook and FATE Foundation Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Digital Pitch Competition which…