Viridian is a female-owned business, with a predominantly female team, and proud of it.
In this blog post, we’re excited to spotlight a collection of helpful resources, upcoming events, and exciting opportunities for women-led businesses.
Opportunities for female founders:
Are you the female founder of a tech startup in South Africa that’s ready to scale?
Grindstone X is looking for 10 female-founded or led startups from across South Africa to join them to empower women entrepreneurs while creating jobs.
Be part of a supportive network of innovative tech and tech-enabled startups and ensure your business is investible, scalable, and exit-ready.
9th Women Startup Competition – Africa
The aim of the Women Startup Competition is to grow the presence of women in business, and in order to do this, they provide training and opportunities for gender diverse startups to realize their dreams and encourage them to do what they love to do.
Application deadline: 22 August 2023
Womenpreneur Her Perfect Pitch 2023
Jacaranda FM and Access Bank are joining forces in a drive to elevate female entrepreneurs, empower women and shape success in business. seize the chance to win a share of over R2 million in advertising packages on Jacaranda FM, cash, and educational prizes, plus support to help your business thrive.
Applications are open for female entrepreneurs in South Africa, and closing date is: 31 August 2023
Levare Ventures fundraising opportunity
Levare Ventures (formerly Odin), is an angel syndicate on a mission to empower visionary women-led startups across Africa.
If you’re raising your first funding round and have a game-changing vision, this is for you! Funding ranges from $25,000 to $100,000.
Submit your pitch for consideration.
WomHub Circular Economy Incubator
– Early-stage incubation for circular or green economy offerings
– Improve your eco-impact and incorporate circular economy principles
Application deadline: 13 August 2023
Digital Divas Summit 2023- Event by Innovation City Cape Town
A prestigious full-day event focused on empowering and celebrating women in the tech industry and beyond. It serves as a platform for women to connect, learn, and inspire one another while fostering their success in the digital age. The summit brings together accomplished professionals, thought leaders, and trailblazers to share their expertise, insights, and experiences.
Event date: 28 August 2023, 08:00 – 22:00 (GMT+2), in Cape Town
Opportunity for Aspiring Women Industrialists: Investor Readiness programme
The programme will focus on the different types of funding available; how to access this funding; developing winning pitches as well as how to navigate the funding process. Resources and tools to help identify the right funding opportunities and prepare your application materials will also be explored.
Application deadline: 20 August 2023
AB4IR’s Worldwide Women in Innovation, Incubation & Technology Summit
The Worldwide Women in Innovation, Incubation and Technology Summit (W-WIITS) is an initiative by AB4IR that is intended to shine the spotlight on women in the ICT sector, showcase their achievements and inspire other women to be part of and transform the ICT sector.
This year’s theme is Empowered to Empower, and aims to challenge the digital gender stereotypes and advocating for more women entrepreneurs in the digital space.
Event date: 28 & 29 August 2023
Opportunities for women graduates:
The WomEng Southern Africa Fellowship
WomEng Southern Africa Fellowship 2023 is a one-of-a-kind online learning programme which provides Fellows with resources that equip them to thrive in the future world of work. The programme includes regular online chats via WhatsApp and live virtual master classes held on Zoom. The programme will be run in four (4) modules from September 2023 with an assignment and feedback required at the end of each module. The programme is designed to shape the way young women in engineering and technology navigate the working world as confident leaders in industry.
The programme is open to soon-to-be engineering graduates based in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Application deadline: 20 August 2023
And for entrepreneur support organisations who are looking to design their own women-focused programmes:
The Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs handbook
An interactive resource designed to be applied in the context of a women-only programme or to better support women founders within a mixed-gender programme. This resource equips practitioners with the knowledge and strategies required to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs. This was created by GIZ.
Thanks for reading!