The Women Entrepreneurship for Africa (WE4A) programme has selected 100 female-led startups to join its high-impact accelerator, which is focused on startup growth for employment creation. The WE4A initiative aims to provide female-led startups with enhanced business capacities, access to funding, market opportunities, knowledge enhancement, and technical training. Running the acceleration and programme components of WE4A is the Swiss Association for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets (SAFEEM), a member of the Seedstars Group. Participants receive EUR10,000 (US$11,400) in grant funding and will be given three months of technical support through a virtual acceleration programme. “The European Union is proud to support the Women Entrepreneurship for Africa programme.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 19, 2022 07:21 UTC