The Future is Female Mentorship Program (3rd Edition) 2023 for African Female Tech Founders
The Future is Female Mentorship Program (3rd edition) 2023 for African Female Tech Founders is planned to empower and equip African female tech founders with the knowledge and tools to make sustainable and successful businesses. It‘s an intensive program that presents personalized mentoring to provide strategic advice and resources to African female tech founders to legitimize their businesses, obtain customers as well as raise capital.
The Future is Female Mentorship Program presents early-stage African female tech founders with insights into PR and communications fundamentals, including producing a communications plan, business storytelling, media relations, and more. The utmost goal is for PR and communications to assist these women in growing the visibility of their startups with multiple stakeholders directing to increased customers, audiences, media coverage, partners, and, of course, direct investment.
The Future is Female Mentorship Program is a PR and communications mentorship program by C. Moore Media International Public Relations (CMM), organized exclusively for the business development needs of African Tech female founders.
In commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of Africa Day, the program’s fourth edition assures to reach even more African female founders from across the Continent while introducing additional partners in more miscellaneous sectors, expanding the resources, network, expertise, and knowledge available to mentees. For the first time, Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program and Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund will cooperate with the program emphasizing both organizations’ support in developing tech across Africa.
Positioned with the aims and objectives of the Future is Female Mentorship Program, the Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program aims to empower and support women founders on the continent by offering resources and opportunities to scale their startups and tackle African problems.
Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund has an active interest in Africa and continues to assess opportunities across the Continent. The Fund has invested in some of the region’s top Africa-focused tech startups including Flutterwave and Andela. As part of their support for the program, they will host a session on VC funding for the selected female founders from across Africa.
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Eligibility Conditions for The Future is Female Mentorship Program (3rd Edition) 2023
In order to be eligible for The Future is Female Mentorship Program (3rd Edition) 2023, applicants are required to have met the conditions below:
- The business is less than two years old.
- You are female-founded or have at least one woman who is part of the co-founder team.
- Your company is Africa-focused serving African markets or Africans in the Diaspora.
- The company is an early-stage startup (pre-series A investment).
- You have a business plan in place.
- You have a minimum viable product (MVP)
- You should have a functional website
- You have launched your startup and have initial traction (i.e., money, users, etc.)
Program Details:
- The program is delivered virtually, and the mentees are invited to participate in masterclasses and sessions customized to the specific needs of their sector and business.
- During the mentorship program, female founders will learn insights into the fundamentals of PR and communications for tech startups, including creating a communications plan, incorporating storytelling into your business communications with multiple stakeholders, and more.
- During the selection process, special consideration will be given to startups that focus on health, education, finance, agriculture, and sustainability.
- Additionally, startups that provide solutions and/or address African women’s and girls’ needs will also receive special consideration.
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2023 Program Features
If you are a female-founded African startup with a fantastic service or product and wish to know how to leverage PR and communications to upgrade your growing company. This program is for you!
- • Customized online masterclasses with Claudine Moore, Allison+Partners Managing Director, Africa and Adjunct Professor, New York University, and TechCabal Editor, with contributions from AfricaCommsWeek’s founders.
- • Customized virtual sessions with Allison+partners team members and leading experts from the tech ecosystem specific to your business and sector
- • Insights into the fundamentals of PR and communications for Africa-focused startups
- • Practical examples of how to incorporate storytelling into your communications
- • A topline review of The Three T’s: Theme, Tone, and Timing of communications and content creation
- • Information on how to create an actionable communications campaign
- • An overview of media relations with an outline of the differences between the hyper-local, regional, and global press
- • Tips on business relationship development with a cross-section of stakeholders
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The Future is Female Mentorship Program (3rd Edition) 2023 for African Female Tech Founders
