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Overview
The Awa Prize is a yearly competition that recognizes and honors the achievements of female entrepreneurs in Africa and the Middle East (including partner countries of Belgian governmental cooperation). The objective is to recognize the accomplishments of women entrepreneurs in order to encourage female leadership and entrepreneurship by encouraging role models.
The Awa Prize is a competition organised by Enabel which highlights women entrepreneurs from Belgian development cooperation countries and their projects.
The Awa Prize sheds 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 organized 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 that can be developed to remove the persistent obstacles.
Eligibility Requirements
- Be a woman of legal age in her country of residence
- Have the nationality of one of the following: 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 1 year in a participating country.
Prices
Each year, 12 entrepreneurs from the Belgian development cooperation are awarded a prize. In each category, three entrepreneurs will be highlighted and will receive the first, second and third prize respectively.
Categories
- Start-up: For companies existing less than three (3) years
- Scale-up: For companies existing more than three (3) years
- Innovation: For companies innovating through their products, services and approaches
- People`s choice: You choose the winner
Prizes
The First Prize
- Up to €50,000* (Spent to support/coaching, based on your company’s needs)
- One week in Belgium (To meet entrepreneurship circles and inspire one another)
The Second Prize
- Up to €10,000* (Spent to support/coaching, based on your company’s needs)
The Third prize
- Up to €5,000* (Spent to support/coaching, based on your company’s needs)
*Prizes are awarded after an assessment of the needs of the Winners by the Organiser or by an entity designated by the Organiser. The support plan is to be formalised by the Winners or the Candidates receiving a prize and the Organiser.
Timeline
1 October 2022 – 24 October 2022
Registration for Awa Prize 2022.
24 October 2022 – 6 November 2022
Pre-selection of the candidates.
7 November 2022 – 25 November 2022
Interviews with the selection committee.
28 November 2022 – 2 December 2022
Public vote.
28 November 2022 – 11 December 2022
Interviews with the final jury.
21 January 2023 – 28 January 2023
Knowledge transfer and networking in Belgium.
24 January 2023
Award ceremony in Brussels.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Awa Prize for African Women Entrepreneurs
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