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 FATE Foundation's 2019 Highlights 

Dear  , 

Happy New Year and hope you got some time off during the holidays!As we start off this year, i would like to share with you this newsletter below showcasing key numbers from  FATE Foundation's Impact last year and also the link below to download our 2019 Impact Report.  I will be happy to schedule a call with you at your earliest convenience to share with you some of these highlights alongside our planned strategies for 2020. I look forward to reading from you.

Start. Grow. Scale

We reached

52,562

persons and provided direct pre-incubation, incubation, growth and accelerator support to

 578

aspiring and emerging Nigerian entrepreneurs.

49%

of our direct programme beneficiaries were 

women.Our support across

16

Nigerian cities also included young aspiring entrepreneurs from 

11

Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics

(including the University of Lagos, Lagos State University, Yaba College of Technology, Olabisi Onabanjo University and Ibadan Polythecnic)

269

 micro, small and medium enteprise businesses received direct growth support and we linked

160

of our entrepreneurs with grants, debt and equity financing. 

Thought Leadership

We expanded our entrepreneurship ecosystem research work and shared findings from our 2019 research report on "From StartUps to ScaleUps" at our Annual Policy Dialogue Series on Entrepreneurship. The full report will be available on our website by the end of January 2020.

Volunteers

Our work would not have been possible without the

294

volunteers from

11

states who gave

2,147

volunteers hours to teach, mentor, advise and contribute content for our msmehub.org platform.