Call For Applications: 2025 AWEC Program (African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative, Cohort 8)
The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative is an innovative, 12-month leadership and business management capacity-building program that accepts 200 female entrepreneurs annually.
AWEC seeks to build diverse cohorts in which Fellows share some consistent characteristics:
- Resilience as individuals and entrepreneurs
- Commitment to building scalable and sustainable businesses
- Collaborative spirit
- Desire to build a pan-African peer network
- Empathetic leaders
- Self-starters
2025 AWEC Program Summary
- Type: Accelerator Program
- Eligible Countries: African Countries
- Duration: 12 Months
- Sponsor: AWEC
- Deadline: 2nd February, 2025
Eligibility Requirements for the 2025 AWEC Program
- Female
- African country of origin, currently living on the continent or in the diaspora. For those living in the diaspora, your business must clearly impact Africa through the creation or delivery of its products or services, or based on where its customers reside.
- A non-profit business owner in operation of at least 2 years in any industry with at least 2 full-time or part-time employees. You must be the only one in your business applying. Founders of social enterprises are eligible to apply.
- Founders of NGOs or nonprofit organizations are not eligible.
- Access to a reliable internet connection with sufficient bandwidth for video calls over the 12-month period.
- Professional working proficiency in English
- Comfortable with remote teamwork and collaboration, especially using digital tools.
AWEC admissions do not discriminate based on race, religion, age, disability, marital status, education, business revenue, industry or geographic location.
Deadline: Feb 2, 2025
Apply Here – 2025 AWEC Program