Standard Chartered Women In Tech Cohort 6 Program 2023 – The Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Kenya is Africa’s leading women in tech incubator, aligning with calls for more diversity in technology and for more opportunities for women to develop entrepreneurial and leadership excellence. The program is an initiative of Standard Chartered in partnership with Strathmore University’s @iBizAfrica incubator.
It combines world-class startup support with local and international experience to provide Africa’s most competitive and attractive startup incubation program focusing on immersive learning, mentorship, building and growing Africa’s next iconic startups taking on the continent’s most relevant challenges and opportunities with the support of seed capital.
Who We Want:
1. A woman.
2. Above 18 years of age.
3. Of Kenyan nationality or permanent
residency.
Eligibility criteria
1. The startups must be Kenyan registered companies which are building
technological solutions aimed at mitigating Kenyan socio-economic
challenges.
2. The selected startup ventures may be
sector agnostic.
3. The startup ventures must embed
components of emerging technologies in
building their solutions ie. Artificial
Intelligence, Internet of Things; Big
Data; Machine Learning; Robotics;
Augmented & Virtual Reality; 3D & 4D
Printing; Cloud Computing; Big Data;
Blockchain; Drone Technology and
Biometrics e.t.c within their respective sectors.
4. The applicants must be Women led
startup ventures and the teams should
be made up of at least 50% women.
5. Principal applicant must be the founder with a majority stake.
6. 3 months to less than 2 years of
operation seeking support for proof of
concept, customer, product and
business model development.
7. Pre-revenue with early traction (users). Post revenue is an added advantage.
8. Not received investment of more than
KES. 500,000 and not participated in a
similar program in the last 1 year.
9. Companies solving for any of the 17 SDGs.
Program benefits
1. 12 weeks of an immersive learning
experience
2. Access to a leading network of coaching experts
3. Access to B2B networking opportunities
4. Personalized mentorship sessions to
address your unique business needs
5. Opportunity to join a supportive
Women in Tech Alumni Network
6. KES 1,000,000 equity-free grant seed
funding for the top 7 finalists
7. 9 months ongoing support from
Standard Chartered and @iBizAfrica to
assist with go-to-market and scale for
the top 7 finalists.
Click Here To Apply Now
Originally posted 2023-03-31 19:45:54.
