Transforming the Lives of Women Entrepreneurs Across Africa and the Diaspora
Twelve months ago, no one would have expected the world to change so dramatically. For small business owners across Africa, this has been an especially difficult year as they often rely on in-person transactions and informal economies. Despite this, we have seen even stronger program engagement this year compared to previous years, demonstrating the need for both the learning and community-building experiences that AWEC provides.
AWEC Fellow Linley says it best, as she shares how AWEC has impacted her business this year;
Since launching AWEC in early 2018, we have been proud to serve directly more than 600 female business owners from 52 countries through both our intensive 12-month program and as our short courses designed to bolster knowledge around a specific topic. The secondary impact has been even greater, with more than 3,500 of their employees benefiting from sounder business processes, stronger sales, and increased revenues.
As a nonprofit, we fundraise continuously to enable us to empower female entrepreneurs across Africa. None of our high-impact work would be possible without steadfast support from the individuals, foundations, and corporations who believe in our mission to build the capacity of African women entrepreneurs to enable resilient business growth.
We hope you will join us for a season of giving, which kicks off with #GivingTuesday on December 2nd. This 24-hour global-giving challenge is an international day of giving, fueled by the power of social media and the potential to drive massive philanthropy, one individual donation at a time.
In the aftermath of the pandemic, which has presented a whole new set of challenges for people around the world, #GivingTuesday is a meaningful way to come together with your family, your community, your company, or your organisation and give to the causes that mean the most to you.
We know you have many choices when it comes to charitable donations. And this year, many of you have already dug deeply to contribute to causes close to your hearts. We hope we have earned your support and inspired you to give again, or to give for the first time.
On Giving Tuesday, our goal is to raise $5,500 in just one day. And we plan to double that total by December 31st.
And, if you’re inspired to give today, you don’t need to wait for Giving Tuesday – you can donate here today.”
Why are we raising $11,000? Because that’s what it takes to make our innovative online learning platform available to the next cohort of 200 entrepreneurs that we will welcome in 2021.
This platform is the central nervous system of our life-changing program. Through it, our entrepreneurs connect with each other, submit assignments, provide each other feedback, chat with their program advisors, and track their progress.
Together with our global network of supporters, we will use the power of entrepreneurship to increase gender equality and economic access for women across the African continent. We hope you will join us.
