Value proposition

Africa's #1 Women Entrepreneurship platform. AWIEF nurtures and actively promotes women innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is a pan-African non-profit women’s economic empowerment organization that promotes and supports female innovation, technology and entrepreneurship across Africa through a portfolio of high impact programs.

AWIEF’s mission is to foster women’s economic inclusion, advancement and empowerment through entrepreneurship support and development.

AWIEF provides capacity-building, training and business skills development for women-owned businesses to scale, move up the value chain and be more competitive. Read more on our programs here: https://www.awieforum.org/programmes/

Our year-round programs culminate in convening the annual international and multi-stakeholder AWIEF Conference, Exhibition and Awards event.

The annual AWIEF conference is a platform to discuss issues of business and women entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa. Our 10th edition will take place on 28 and 29 November 2024 at the Cape Town Convention Center, Cape Town, South Africa. Book your ticket for AWIEF2024 here: https://www.awieforum.org/awief-2024-conference/

Entrepreneurship, Accelerators, Capacity building, Enterprise development, Mentorship, Women economic empowerment, Women in STEM, Equal Opportunities, Innovation, Conference, Event, and Scale