Women Tech Founders Program in MENA

Deadline: 30-Apr-22

The U.S. Department of State, through the Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) Initiative, has partnered with Google’s Women Techmakers to host the Women Tech Founders Program.

This virtual program will provide women tech entrepreneurs from across the Middle East and North Africa start-up training from Google’s tech and start-up experts and help build a network of future tech changemakers in the region.

Women Techmakers is dedicated to helping all women thrive in tech through community, visibility, and resources. Our Women Techmakers community is made up of more than 200,000 women across 190 countries with 900 Ambassadors committed to sustaining gender equity in tech. Our vision is to build economic opportunity for women through technology.

Fifty finalists will receive training on both tech and business development concepts with the opportunity to gain insights and mentorship from Google’s experts. Sessions will be tailored to participants’ skillsets to enable them to leverage technology to expand their businesses. Interspersed between technical sessions will be community building sessions that allow participants to network and collaborate with other leading women in tech in the region, as well as the United States, and U.S. government officials.

Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) Initiative works with the private sector and utilizes diplomatic resources in support of women’s economic participation. Led by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, POWER has reached women in over 20 countries and engaged dozens of U.S. private sector entities.

Aims

This 7-week development program, aims to empower 50 women founders who are building tech startups in the Middle East and North Africa region by giving them access to startup related training by Google, networking and mentorship. The program will run virtually.