In order to support female entrepreneurship in Tunisia, TunisianStartups and GIZ Tunisia have launched the Women Entrepreneurs program, with goals to strengthen women entrepreneurs, founders and co-founders of startups.
The program is launching its second phase of selecting 10 women entrepreneurs, after a series of live sessions with organizations working to strengthen female entrepreneurship in Tunisia and elsewhere.
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They will have the opportunity to participate in an online Bootcamp and mentoring sessions. In addition, supervised startups will pitch their projects to program partners and investors in order to claim funding.
Women entrepreneurs will also have access to support opportunities by partner organizations of the program.
This program is intended for any woman entrepreneur, founder or co-founder of startups throughout Tunisia. It must have already launched a business, be at least in the prototyping phase and have defined the “Innovation” and “Technology” components of its startup.
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Applications must be submitted before October 11 at 11:59 p.m. by completing the form at this address.
In this form, applicants will be invited to attach files and submit a short video (2 minutes maximum) in which they will briefly talk about their motivations for applying to the program, with a focus on their startup’s needs and program expectations.
Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer who has advised startups across Africa on issues such as startup funding (Venture Capital, Debt financing, private equity, angel investing etc), taxation, strategies, etc. He also has special focus on the protection of business or brands’ intellectual property rights ( such as trademark, patent or design) across Africa and other foreign jurisdictions.
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