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CyPHER offers free training and individual business advice to 40 women.
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Applicants must be aged 18–35 and operate in AMAC or Lugbe.
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Eligible businesses must have traded for between one and two years.
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A two-page business plan is required, with no closing date published.
October 07, (THEWILL) – Women running young businesses in Abuja can apply for a free programme offering individual financial advice, digital training and follow-up support through The CANs Park.
Called CyPHER, the programme targets 40 women entrepreneurs in beauty and cosmetics, catering, consumer products and fashion. Its official website listed applications as open when checked on October 7.
Each participant is to receive 10 one-on-one advisory sessions and a practical digital workshop. The programme will run in two cohorts of four months each, according to the organiser, which identifies GIZ as its supporting partner.
Who Can Apply
Applicants must be 18 to 35 years old, own a microbusiness operating within the Abuja Municipal Area Council or Lugbe, and have been trading for at least one year but no more than two.
They also need basic technology skills, smartphone access and an active business presence on Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp.
Support covers cash-flow management, digital marketing, e-commerce and operational tools, followed by help with implementation, funding readiness and compliance. The published offer is training and advisory support; it does not promise a cash grant.
For a business owner, the useful preparation is identifying a specific problem to work on. A caterer struggling to price orders accurately needs different assistance from a fashion seller whose customers enquire on Instagram but rarely complete purchases.
These are examples of needs an applicant could explain, rather than outcomes the programme guarantees.
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What To Prepare Before Applying
The official application form asks for contact details, business location, sector, operating history, employee numbers and current use of digital tools.
Applicants must upload a two-page business plan, preferably as a PDF. Word documents are also accepted, with a maximum file size of 10MB. The plan should explain the product or service, target customers, market, business model, current challenges, growth opportunities and objectives for the next 12 months.
A useful plan would make those details concrete. Rather than promising to “grow online”, an applicant could explain how customers currently find the business, where orders are lost and what improvement she wants support to achieve. Any sales or cost figures should come from her own records.
The form also asks applicants to identify up to three obstacles to growth and confirm they can attend training, advisory sessions and follow-up activities.
“Incomplete applications will not be considered,” the organiser states. It also makes clear that eligibility does not guarantee selection.
Neither official page reviewed gives a closing date or cohort start date. Applicants can seek those details, including attendance arrangements, from [email protected] before committing to the programme.
Joy Onuorah is a business journalist and brand communications specialist covering financial markets, artificial intelligence, digital economy, and the ideas reshaping business across Africa and the global market. Beyond her reporting for TheWill, Joy uses brand strategy, storytelling, copywriting, and high-value SEO to help brands build lasting market authority.
