Entrepreneurship knows no borders and no gender. All over the world, women and men are enlivening their communities through their businesses.Nonetheless, a woman entrepreneur’s path is often strewn with obstacles which make her project more difficult to materialise. The Awa Prize is a contest which sheds the light on businesses and the women who lead them. But beyond this competition, the Awa Prize aims at federating a community of entrepreneurs around shared values, in order to fight against socio-economic inequalities.Through the Awa Prize, many events will be organised at the local and international levels in order to raise awareness for men and women about the opportunities that women’s entrepreneurship can create. These events will enable progress on actions which can be developed to remove the persistent obstacles.
WORTH
- Winners will each be awarded a prize in the form of support of a maximum value of fifty thousand (50,000) euros.
- Candidates who come second in each award category will be awarded support of a maximum value of ten thousand (10,000) euros each.
- Candidates who come third in each award category will be awarded support of a maximum value of five thousand (5,000) euros each.
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a woman of legal age in her country of residence
- Have the nationality of one participating country; Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, DRC, Guinea, Jordan, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Be the (co-)founder and/or non-minority shareholder of a company which has been registered for at least 1year in a participating country
DEADLINE: October 24, 2022
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