United Nations ECA 2022 Tech African Women Program for Women-Led Idea Stage Startups

TAW (Tech African Women) is a program that is launched with the objective of empowering female founders to leverage their skills in order to build strong tech startups from scratch, accelerate the transformation of project ideas into validated business models and to develop alliances between different African ecosystems.

The program will run from August to December 2022 and is composed of 3 main phases:

1. Intensive 3-day training bootcamps & pitching competitions to be held in Tunisia, Senegal, Ethiopia&Tanzania in partnership with local ecosystem players. The winning team of each bootcamp will win a cash prize of 2000$.
2. A 2-months online incubation program for the best 2 startups from each country that will allow them to reach market&investment readiness.
3.  A final Ceremony in Ethiopia in Addis Ababa at ECA Conference Center where 8 startups will be invited to pitch to win the final prize of the program (cash grant of 7000$ for the best startup) TAW targets female-led&idea-stage tech startups and offers teams an exclusive opportunity to acquire new entrepreneurial skills, establish partnership with their African peers, increase regional business visibility and access funds.It supports ideas addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by developing the capacity of female entrepreneurs who desire to understand how to play a role in the continent’s development and want to deep dive into building impact-driven startups.

• Table of Content
• About United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
• Tech African Women Program
• Aim and Benefits of Tech African Women Program
• Requirements for Tech African Women Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa was established in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to encourage economic cooperation among its member states following a recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly. It is one of five regional commissions.

Tech African Women Program

Application Deadline	17 Aug 2022
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Tech African Women Program

Throughout the duration of the incubation program, teams will have access to a pool of tech developers and designers who will develop their MVPs free of charge and work closely with top experts in Marketing and Finance in addition to the participation in tailored webinars provided by international trainers.

Requirements for Tech African Women Program Qualification

Participants entering the program have to be nationals of Tunisia or Tanzania or Senegal or Ethiopia, have an idea of a tech startup that is addressing at least one of the SDGs, must be female aged between 18 and 35 years old and be able to communicate fluently in French or English.

Application Deadline

August 17, 2022

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on www.techafricanwomen.com to apply

Applications are now open for candidates from the four countries on the official website of the program (www.techafricanwomen.com) until the 10th of August 2022 for Tunisia, and until the 17th of August 2022 in Ethiopia, Senegal and Tanzania.

For more details, visit the website.

Application Deadline

• 10th August 2022 for Tunisia
• 17th August 2022 in Ethiopia, Senegal and Tanzania.