Are you a female founder or co-founder of a company based in Africa?

  • Do you want your business to reach the next stage?
  • Do you aspire to increase the reach of your business?
  • Do you aspire to achieve substantial growth?

If so, the Female Founder Programme is the right place for you!

The programme aims to help you develop your entrepreneurial mindset, acquire the right skills, understand the market, increase your reach and present your business to investors.

The programme is designed to holistically support African female founders on their entrepreneurial journey, using lean and agile methodology as a driver, with a focus on running experiments to facilitate growth and allow a safe space to fail and learn over 3 months.

Target audience

The targets are women founders of start-ups or SMEs based on the African continent:

  • Age: Between 25 and 40 years old. Overall, the youngest women (aged 25 to 44) had the highest
    entrepreneurial participation rates.
  • Degree: Have completed at least 3 years of university. No specific background.
  • Activity: Working on the African continent in any industry.
  • Market share: Having made initial revenue with your product/service that is already on the market.
    market.
  • Level of growth: Inadequate cash flows that don't fit with the level of growth and expected revenues
    . Demand more tools and resources to upgrade human capital capacities to cope with the recent economic downturn.
    market challenges and therefore improve the organisation's positioning.
  • Require founders: In the event that you are unable to manage/lead the organisation or if the management team
    not acquire all the necessary skills, the leader can take the decision to choose new ones.
    individuals to whom part of the work would be outsourced.

The platform - Offer

  • Founder
    female A portal where participants will have access to the timeline, sessions and resources. Go through a fully digital acceleration programme curated specifically for female founders.
  • Intrapreneurship
    A portal that allows companies to sign up for training and mentoring sessions for a group of their female employees. Mainly related to innovation, digital transformation and entrepreneurship.
  • Portal
    A portal that allows community members to interact with each other, write articles, ask for support or request calls with our community experts.
  • Freemium Portal
    Resources, opportunities and videos that are free and available to everyone.

Get more details and apply HERE

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