Women in Africa (WIA) 54 Programme for African Women Entrepreneurs 2022

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Introduced in 2017, the WIA 54 programme promotes women entrepreneurship in Africa. Each year, it endows 54 African women entrepreneurs from African countries with a comprehensive support package consisting of training, mentoring, communication and access to finance.

The categories to be mentored on are as follows:

  • Education and Edutech
  • Health and Healthtech
  • Fintech
  • Agriculture and Agritech
  • Environment and Sustainable development
  • Beauty industries
  • Creative Industries
  • Food and Foodtech
The eligibility criteria:
  • Business created or led by an African woman
  • First traction on the market (sales, number of users, funds raised)
  • Be part of one of the 8 categories (primary business category)
The selection criteria for the projects:
  • Innovative product, service or technology
  • Proven business model scalability
  • Strong growth potential
  • Ambitious team with strong execution ability
  • Market traction (revenue, number of users, funds raised)
  • Potential impact in Africa

Benefits 

  • Social media Communication highlights  worth €5,000
  • Communication promotions worth €8,000
  • The Gold award with a price of €10,000

Application Deadline: May 31, 2022

For more details and application, visit: https://wia-initiative.com/wia54/

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