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 9th edition will take place on 9 and 10 November 2023 at the Kigali Convention Center, Kigali, Rwanda. Book your ticket for AWIEF2023 here: https://www.awieforum.org/awief-conference-2023/

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