The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative is an innovative, 12-month leadership and business management capacity building program that accepts 200 female entrepreneurs annually.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, 2 February 2025 at 11:59pm UTC. Please visit www.weareawec.org for more information.

To help you with your application, check out AWEC's Entrepreneur Essentials. This short course is designed to help you improve your chances of filling out the application correctly and challenge you to evaluate and improve your business.

Remember...

• Be yourself: The application is designed to get to know you and your business. There are no right answers. We want to know the real, authentic you.
•  Be clear and concise: Read the question carefully. Answer THAT question and only that question. No need to use fancy buzzwords.
• Know your numbers: Revenue, employees, customers, capital – what data is the application asking for? This is not a place to make up numbers. If you need to approximate, do so via informed guesses.
• Don’t copy and paste from ChatGPT or the website: Please know that we are very familiar with the program you are applying for and scan the applications for plagiarism of ChatGPT. We want your responses in your own words!
• Proofread: There’s always room to improve a first draft! Did you fully answer each question? Did you answer the question being asked? Are there any glaring typos to correct?

For more details, please read our Application Tips