Deadline: 2 May 2025
Applications are now open for the FNB Market Masters Programme to help young, established business owners find new markets and expand their reach.
Participants will receive expert advice, useful tools, and practical support to improve their market strategies, unlock new opportunities, and get their businesses ready for growth.
The programme helps young business owners to grow by teaching them how to access new markets and improve their business strategies.
The FNB Market Masters Programme is an 18-month journey designed for youth-owned businesses ready to grow, unlock new markets, and access expert support. With two powerful phases — market and investment readiness, followed by financial readiness — the programme equips you with the tools, mentorship, and resources to scale.
Purpose
- By the end of the programme, participants will have a stronger understanding of how to reach new customers, grow their businesses, and increase their competitiveness. They will leave with a clear plan and the tools necessary to take their businesses further and succeed.
What will participants have access to on the programme?
- Business skills training workshops and webinars
- Market and investment readiness training and support
- Mentorship
- Media, marketing and brandbuilding interventions
- Peer-to-peer community and networking
- Business financial management
- Pitching coaching sessions
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a youth aged between 18 and 35 years old
- The applicant must have an existing business. The business must be at the establishment stage, ready to grow and show job growth potential
- Annual turnover of the business should range from R1 million to R5 million per annum
- The business should be 2 to 5 years in operation
- The business must be at least 51% blackowned and managed
- Applicant should be a South African citizen and the business should operate within the borders of South Africa
- Display a passion and the resilience needed for business
- A desire to grow and scale a profitable and sustainable business (not an NGO)
- The applicant must be working in the business on a full-time basis
For more information, visit Fetola.
