Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) – Kenya Program 2022

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AWE is an award-winning training and coaching platform specifically designed for women micro-business owners. It gives enterprising women the knowledge, networks, and access they need to launch and scale successful businesses. In Kenya, AWE program is equipping women with practical skills needed to create sustainable skills to create sustainable businesses. It seeks to promote economic prosperity by creating opportunities for women with brilliant ideas to become successful entrepreneurs.

Program Details

  • The AWE training will take place over a period of 3 months of guided formal training through the Dream Builder platform and 3 months of mentorship and business linkages culminating in graduation, business planning competition and exhibition to allow the participants to celebrate their hard work.
  • The participants will also gain access to seed capital (specific to winners of the pitching competition) as well as access to key strategic partners.
  • Participants will increase their knowledge and understanding of business, marketing, finance and operations.
  • They will also have safe spaces to dialogue on issues affecting them and their businesses and linkages to support mechanisms.
  • Further, the primary beneficiaries will be trained on pitching their businesses to access opportunities. We shall have a team of qualified Program staff facilitators and mentors to support the learning agenda all through the program.

Eligibility

  • Women entrepreneurs 25 years to 45 years
  • fluent in English; both written and spoken.
  • Reside in Nairobi, Lamu, Mombasa and Nakuru .
  • Have recently started a business and have at least a year of experience selling their product or service.
  • Have basic computer skills and access to the internet.
  • Must be able to commit on average five hours per week to AWE both physically and virtually as required by the program.

More details on the program and application- https://ushindiempowerment.org/awe/

Application deadline: May 24th, 2022, 5 pm local time.

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