Seedstars’s Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa (EWEA) Program for Women SMEs and Community Enablers

Seedstars’s Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa (EWEA) Program for Women SMEs and Community Enablers

Seedstars’s Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa (EWEA) program is calling for women-led small to medium enterprises (WSMEs) as well as community enablers and entrepreneurship support programs in Africa to apply for its mentorship, skills capacity-building workshop series.

The EWEA program is a collaboration between the AFAWA (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) Initiative, Seedstars, and GrowthAfrica.

The objective of the Project is to address gender inequality and inclusive economic empowerment for African women. Specifically, the Project aims at increasing the capacity and sustainability of enablers supporting Women-led Small and Medium Enterprises (WSMEs), as well as increase access to mentorship, funding and visibility for WSMEs.

Requirements

Enablers and WSME’s that are operating in at least one of the following countries:
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, ZambiaIvory Coast, Ethiopia, Angola, Mali, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Namibia, Cape Verde, Mauritius and Nigeria.

Enablers should register if they are:

Based in one of the above countries

Enhancing the viability and sustainability of WSMEs,

Providing innovative approaches to ecosystem support designed to close the financing gap for WSMEs,

Introducing innovative ways to provide capacity building for WSMEs,

Providing digital presence and visibility to WSMEs, and

Enhancing access to mentorship for WSMEs.

WSME’s should apply if they are:

Between Seed and Growth Stage

Based in one of the above countries

Have at least one woman on the founding team

Have a digital element in their product (example: Mobile application, Online Shop, SAAS product, etc.)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Seedstars’s Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship in Africa (EWEA) Program for Women SMEs and Community Enablers