{"id":420638,"date":"2026-01-21T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420638\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:54:06","slug":"call-for-applications-african-women-entrepreneurship-cooperative-awec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420638\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications: African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative is an innovative, 12-month leadership and business management capacity-building program that accepts 200 female entrepreneurs annually. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareawec.org\/apply\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.weareawec.org\/apply<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Business Opportunities Listing<\/p>\n<p>During the two-week application period, AWEC receives an average of more than 2,000 applications for just 200 program spots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility<\/p>\n<p>African country of origin<br \/>\nA for-profit business owner in operation of a minimum 2 years in any industry with at least 2 employees, full-time or part-time<\/p>\n<p>You must be the only one in your business applying<\/p>\n<p>Or aspiring entrepreneur with a business plan who has not yet launched<br \/>\nAccess to a reliable internet connection with sufficient bandwidth for video calls over the 12-month period<br \/>\nProfessional working proficiency in English<\/p>\n<p>Application Tips<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">1. Familiarize yourself with the program you are applying for:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What does the program offer? How does this align with your goals?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How does this program align with your learning style AND your availability?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What does \u201csuccess\u201d look like in the program? How does this align with your vision for success?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2. Ensure that you meet the applicant criteria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">3. Review the application questions as early as possible:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">4. Start early. Don\u2019t wait till the last minute!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">5. Be clear and concise: <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">6. Know your numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Revenue, employees, customers, capital \u2013 what data is the application asking for? If you need to approximate, do so via informed guesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">7. Proofread:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Did you fully answer each question?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Did you answer the question being asked?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Are there any glaring typos to correct?<\/p>\n<p>Deadline: 1st February,2026<\/p>\n<p>APPLY HERE ;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareawec.org\/apply\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.weareawec.org\/apply<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 66&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative is an innovative, 12-month leadership and business management capacity-building program that accepts 200&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[200961,200962,200963,28,158,7054,90986],"class_list":["post-420638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-african-women-entrepreneurship","tag-awec","tag-awec-cohort-9","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-msmes","tag-smes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}