Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) DRC Entrepreneurship Program for Women

Are you an enterprising female entrepreneur?

Are you willing to bring your venture to the next level and make an impact in your community?

The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) DRC is here to help you. With our network of resources and experienced mentors, we can help you achieve your goals. Contact us today and let us know how we can support you on your journey!

The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) gives enterprising women the knowledge, networks, and access they need to launch and scale successful businesses. AWE uses a hybrid model that combines the online platform DreamBuilder (developed through a partnership between Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management and global copper mining company Freeport-McMoRan) with in-class mentoring and facilitation. Through AWE, participants learn core business skills, then get together as a class to discuss the material with experienced implementers, local mentors, and U.S. Exchange Alumni. Partnerships with local NGOs, universities, and chambers of commerce offer women the opportunity to amplify their newly learned business skills and network with other businesspeople through speed mentoring and entrepreneurship fairs. 

Successful participants will gain access to seed capital (specific to winners of the business plan competition) as well as further training opportunities at Harvard Business School in the United State and South Africa. 

Program goals 

• Provide resources for women to engage in U.S-style online education with guided facilitation and localization from local women business leaders. 
• Foster networks that support participants’ access to peer-to-peer mentorship, business partners, and scaling opportunities with businesses in the region and in the United States. 
• Provide access to a wide range of opportunities tailored to women’s economic empowerment to expand the effects of participation. 

• Table of Content
• About Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) DRC
• AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program
• Aim and Benefits of AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program
• AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program Courses
• Requirements for AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) DRC

AWE is the State Department’s flagship program supporting the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP), launched by White House Advisor Ivanka Trump in February, 2019 in Cote d’Ivoire. W-GDP has the ambitious goal of reaching 50 million women worldwide to fulfill their economic potential. Currently, AWE operates in more than 100 countries and has been rolled out in DR Congo in 2023. AWE DRC will help women entrepreneurs by providing them the knowledge, networks, and access they need to scale their businesses. It focuses on early stage and enterprising w... continue reading

AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program

Aim and Benefits of AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program

What we offer

The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) DRC is dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs build successful businesses. To do this, AWE – DRC offers a variety of programs designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary for success.

• Entrepreneurship Training
• Product / Process / Service Design Support
• Guest Speakers
• Possible access to grant funding

AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program Courses

• Entrepreneurship

Requirements for AWE DRC Entrepreneurship Program Qualification

• An enterprising female entrepreneur who is willing to bring her venture to the next level and make an impact in her community.
• Application form must be filled in English. 
• Candidates must speak/read English (the curriculum is in English). 
• Candidates should be female entrepreneurs. 
• Candidates must be 25-45 years old. 
• Candidates must have an email account.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details visit: AWE DRC website.