Bourses de recherche: Womenpreneur Programme 2017 – MENA region

Requirements:

Womenpreneur is seeking applications from women business owners and entrepreneur from The Middle East and North Africa who:

• Own a business that has been in operation for at least from 1 year to 3 years,
• Any field area,
• No age limit,
• Willing to involve other women in their projects;
• Their plans stand to generate social impact in their communities,
• Are motivated to develop the skills and make the change needed to grow their business,
• Are committed to participate in a one year program and access to business growth opportunities,
• Must be able to attend an intensive 1 hour preparation session, to explain the process of the training.
• Attend the two mandatory sessions on “mobile technology” and “story-telling”
• Provide us with updates on their businesses and achievements.

The program content:

The selected entrepreneurs will gain knowledge and skills in the following topics:

• Business Planning :
  Our pool of experts assists women entrepreneurs to create or improve a business plan, business growth goals and a plan to achieve those goals.

• Financial literacy:
  The mentors help assisting the entrepreneurs with the skills and knowledge on finances management and assist them with their funding-campaigns strategies.

• Networking :
  Guiding the entrepreneurs to new networks to promote their business and successfully utilize new connections.

• Understanding the market :
  Helping the entrepreneurs to understanding the regional and global market, the challenges and the opportunities on how to expand existing markets and access new ones.

• Knowledge building:
  Provides practical information, expertise and advice on topics such as leadership, social entrepreneurship, business communications, marketing, branding…

• Personal development:
  Several researches indicate that lack of role models and low self-confidence continues to be the one of the main challenges facing women entrepreneurs, we provide female entrepreneurs personal sessions to develop their inner-power to become more confident.

Benefits:

Strengthened knowledge, skills, and confidence in six core areas, business planning, leadership, financial management, personal development, networking and marketing.

• Access to potential partners and diverse network.
• Get assisted by international known experts
• Receive a certificate of completion
• Opportunities for referrals to business support tailored to their needs
• International media coverage of their stories and initiatives.
• Program is conducting in three languages (English, Arabic and French), depending on the mentees language skills.
• At end of the program, one mentee will be awarded a prize of completion.

Participation to the Program means approval and commitment to abide by the rules and procedures of this Program.