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Bank of Industry (BOI) SME and youth entrepreneurship financing

Status

Status not published

Rolling applications through the BOI customer portal; individual on-lending funds open and close as their allocations are drawn down.

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Amount
1,000,000,000 NGN

BOI lends to Nigerian enterprises across many products, typically from NGN 1 million (Youth Entrepreneurship Support and SME tiers) up to hundreds of millions or more for industrial projects, at single-digit to low-double-digit interest rates depending on the fund.

Funder

Bank of Industry Limited (BOI), Nigeria

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications through the BOI customer portal; individual on-lending funds open and close as their allocations are drawn down.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Nigerian registered enterprises. Most BOI products require a bank guarantee or acceptable collateral, which is the main barrier for early-stage startups.

How to apply

  1. Register on the BOI customer portal and select the relevant product.
  2. Submit the business plan, financials and collateral or guarantee details.
  3. Appraisal and site visit.
  4. Offer letter, perfection of security and disbursement.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.boi.ng/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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