Buy local and support women-led SMMEs this festive season at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Expo 2022 hosted by AWIEF and The United States Mission in South Africa. The expo takes place on Saturday,
The 2022 cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) South Africa program celebrated their graduation last week. AWE is an initiative of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational
We are excited to officially announce Kigali, Rwanda, as the Host City for our 2023 conference and awards. The #AWIEF2023 conference will take place at the Kigali International Convention Centre
#AWIEF2022 speaker Jackie Jones, Director of the Gender Equality Division at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, says that although 70% of the global health workforce are women, only 25%
H.E. Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, said that the African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum hit the nail on the head with its mandate to
A message from our CEO Irene Ochem: It was an exciting journey of engagement with different government, development and private sector stakeholders, high-level speakers and sponsors which finally culminated in our
AWIEF’s mission is to foster the economic inclusion, advancement and empowerment of women in Africa through entrepreneurship support and development.
