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| Aug 13, 2025 | Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) announces keynote speakers for 2025 conference in Cape Town | BADEA, OCP Africa, DCO, City of Cape Town, UNDP and others to headline AWIEF’s 11th flagship event.
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced a powerful line-up of headline and international speakers for i... |
| Jul 8, 2025 | AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open to Celebrate Africa’s Top Women Entrepreneurs | The African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has officially opened nominations for the 2025 AWIEF Awards, celebrating the continent’s most outstanding and inspiring women entrepreneurs and business leaders. The awards w... |
| May 9, 2025 | Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) announces theme for 2025 conference | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the theme for its prestigious annual conference taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa, from 30 to 31 Octob... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Annual AWIEF Awards open for nominations | Nominations are now being accepted for the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum’s (AWIEF) annual AWIEF Awards, which honor the accomplishments and contributions of African women founders and entrepreneurs.
AWIEF is a pan-Afric... |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Nigerian Growth Accelerator launched by AWIEF, Victoria’s Secret | Victoria’s Secret and the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) have teamed to introduce the Growth Accelerator in Nigeria.
Since its launch in 2017, the AWIEF Growth Accelerator has been a premier business development ... |
| Mar 23, 2023 | AWIEF Opens Registration for the 2023 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Conference | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the opening of registration for its annual conference and awards.
This year is the 9th edition of the prestigious AWIEF event, and it will be held at the Kigali Co... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AWIEF) Forum will be held in Cairo in September of this year | On September 26-27, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) will hold its annual conference and awards ceremony for the first time ever in Cairo, Egypt.
AWIEF2022 is a hybrid event that takes place both offline in the... |
| Mar 26, 2022 | Applications open for 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition | The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, one of the Jack Ma Foundation’s philanthropic programs spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent, has opened applications for its fourth annual edition.
Entrepreneu... |
| Mar 26, 2022 | Applications open for 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition | The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, one of the Jack Ma Foundation’s philanthropic programs spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent, has opened applications for its fourth annual edition.
Entrepreneur... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | AWIEF opens nominations for its 2020 awards | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn
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| Jun 1, 2020 | Awief opens nominations for its 2020 awards | UPDATE (7 July 2020): The entry deadline for Awief Awards 2020 has been extended to 20 July 2020.
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) is calling for nominations for the Awief Awards 2020.
The awards, which are t... |
| Jun 1, 2020 | Awief opens nominations for its 2020 awards | UPDATE (7 July 2020): The entry deadline for Awief Awards 2020 has been extended to 20 July 2020.
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) is calling for nominations for the Awief Awards 2020.
The awards, which are to ... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Female founders called upon to apply for LeadTech Incubation Programme [Updated] | UPDATE (23 April 2020): In light of the ongoing developments and challenges around Covid-19, Awief has extended its deadline for applications for its LeadTech Incubation Programme, from 24 April — to 20 May.
The Africa Women Innovation and... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Female founders called upon to apply for LeadTech Incubation Programme [Updated] | UPDATE (23 April 2020): In light of the ongoing developments and challenges around Covid-19, Awief has extended its deadline for applications for its LeadTech Incubation Programme, from 24 April — to 20 May.
The Africa Women Innovation and ... |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Here’s where female founders can get funding for their African tech startup [List] | Women entrepreneurs in the tech sector in Africa can tap an increasing number of options when it comes to getting funding for their business.
From angel investor groups to acceleration programmes, to organisations providing grants, here’s ... |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Here’s where female founders can get funding for their African tech startup [List] | Women entrepreneurs in the tech sector in Africa can tap an increasing number of options when it comes to getting funding for their business.
From angel investor groups to acceleration programmes, to organisations providing grants, here’s a... |
| Dec 23, 2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech st... |
| Dec 23, 2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech sta... |
| Nov 8, 2019 | SmartBlade co-founder Dr Caroline Corbett scoops Awief’s Tech Entrepreneur Award | Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, has won the Tech Entrepreneur Award at the 2019 Awief Awards.
Dr Corbett (pictured above with Lamia Housni) was nominated for the award along with two Camer... |
| Nov 8, 2019 | SmartBlade co-founder Dr Caroline Corbett scoops Awief’s Tech Entrepreneur Award | Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, has won the Tech Entrepreneur Award at the 2019 Awief Awards.
Dr Corbett (pictured above with Lamia Housni) was nominated for the award along with two Camero... |
| Oct 27, 2019 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [27/10/2019] | The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation will tomorrow hold this quarter’s edition of The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Forum at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
Also in the city this week check out the fifth annual Africa Women Innovation and Ent... |
| Oct 27, 2019 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [27/10/2019] | The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation will tomorrow hold this quarter’s edition of The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Forum at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
Also in the city this week check out the fifth annual Africa Women Innovation and Entr... |
| Aug 19, 2019 | SmartBlade co-founder among 22 finalists shortlisted for 2019 Awief Awards | Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, is among 22 finalists shortlisted for the 2019 Awief Awards.
Corbett, whose startup in June secured a R9.5-million investment from the Savant Venture fund (s... |
| Aug 19, 2019 | SmartBlade co-founder among 22 finalists shortlisted for 2019 Awief Awards | Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, is among 22 finalists shortlisted for the 2019 Awief Awards.
Corbett, whose startup in June secured a R9.5-million investment from the Savant Venture fund (... |
| Aug 5, 2019 | Here are the 2019 FemBioBiz Accelerator Programme SA national finalists | Sporatec‘s Karin Jacobs, Nematech’s Tiisetso Lephoto and Vida Pharmaceuticals’ Patricia Mathivha will represent South Africa at the 2019 FemBioBiz Accelerator Programme regional finals set for next month’s SA Innovation Summit in Cape Town.... |
| Aug 5, 2019 | Here are the 2019 FemBioBiz Accelerator Programme SA national finalists | Sporatec‘s Karin Jacobs, Nematech’s Tiisetso Lephoto and Vida Pharmaceuticals’ Patricia Mathivha will represent South Africa at the 2019 FemBioBiz Accelerator Programme regional finals set for next month’s SA Innovation Summit in Cape Town.... |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Wendy Luhabe, Fraser-Moleketi among speakers confirmed for this year’s AWIEF conference | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) has announced the lineup of speakers for its fifth Awief Conference which takes place on 29 and 30 October at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC).
Among those ... |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Wendy Luhabe, Fraser-Moleketi among speakers confirmed for this year’s AWIEF conference | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) has announced the lineup of speakers for its fifth Awief Conference which takes place on 29 and 30 October at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC).
Among those... |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Lagos Based Startup RentSmallSmall Create Flexible Means for Rent Payments, CCHub Partners Enyo to Launch Children Creativity Play Space in Lagos and more | Happy new week guys!
Welcome to another edition of the Big 5 Daily where we bring you the compilation of the biggest tech news in Africa.
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| Apr 29, 2019 | Call for Applications: Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum 2019 | The 2019 edition of AWIEF is scheduled to hold its Growth Accelerator Program in South Africa. The Nedbank sponsored program is currently receiving applications from female business owners in multi-sectors to participate. Nedbank is committ... |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Applications for the third season of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to close next week | Are you a woman entrepreneur running a business in agri-food, health, biowaste, natural beauty products or nutrition?
Applications for this year’s edition of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme will close next week Saturday (20 April). En... |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Applications for the third season of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to close next week | Are you a woman entrepreneur running a business in agri-food, health, biowaste, natural beauty products or nutrition?
Applications for this year’s edition of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme will close next week Saturday (20 April). Ent... |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Women tech entrepreneurs sought as nominations open for 2019 Awief Awards [Updated] | UPDATE (27 May 2019): This story was updated after the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) today extended its deadline for nominations for the 2019 Awief Awards to 10 June.
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneu... |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Women tech entrepreneurs sought as nominations open for 2019 Awief Awards [Updated] | UPDATE (27 May 2019): This story was updated after the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (Awief) today extended its deadline for nominations for the 2019 Awief Awards to 10 June.
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneur... |
| Nov 4, 2018 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [5/11/2018] [Updated] | This week sees the fourth Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) kick off in Cape Town on Thursday (8 November). The theme of this year’s event is “Unleashing Ideas: Innovation, sustainability and enterprise growth”.
On ... |
| Nov 4, 2018 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [5/11/2018] [Updated] | This week sees the fourth Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) kick off in Cape Town on Thursday (8 November). The theme of this year’s event is “Unleashing Ideas: Innovation, sustainability and enterprise growth”.
On... |
| Mar 27, 2018 | FemBioBiz Accelerator to partner with local organisations for second season | FemBioBiz, a local biosciences accelerator aimed at women entrepreneurs, will partner with organisations in eight African countries in the roll out of its second season.
The FemBioBiz programme — an initiative of the BioFISA flagship initia... |
| Mar 27, 2018 | FemBioBiz Accelerator to partner with local organisations for second season | FemBioBiz, a local biosciences accelerator aimed at women entrepreneurs, will partner with organisations in eight African countries in the roll out of its second season.
The FemBioBiz programme — an initiative of the BioFISA flagship initi... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | AWIEF partners with SANbio for Season 2 of FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has partnered with Nepad’s Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) to implement the second season of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme in South Africa.
Applications... |
| Mar 12, 2018 | AWIEF partners with SANbio for Season 2 of FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has partnered with Nepad’s Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) to implement the second season of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme in South Africa.
Applications ... |
| Call for Applications: Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum 2019 | The 2019 edition of AWIEF is scheduled to hold its Growth Accelerator Program in South Africa. The Nedbank sponsored program is currently receiving applications from female business owners in multi-sectors to participate. Nedbank is committ... |
| The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AWIEF) Forum will be held in Cairo in September of this year | On September 26-27, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) will hold its annual conference and awards ceremony for the first time ever in Cairo, Egypt.
AWIEF2022 is a hybrid event that takes place both offline in the... |
| Lagos Based Startup RentSmallSmall Create Flexible Means for Rent Payments, CCHub Partners Enyo to Launch Children Creativity Play Space in Lagos and more | Happy new week guys!
Welcome to another edition of the Big 5 Daily where we bring you the compilation of the biggest tech news in Africa.
Enjoy!
Big news! To curb exorbitant rent, scarcity of suitable/comfortable apartments that Lagosians f... |
