2023 Miss.Africa Seed-Fund Award Impact Program
The Miss.Africa Seed-fund Award Impact Program is a gender-focused initiative targeted mainly at female youth audiences in Africa to increase their personal involvement in early technology use and adoption with a view to improving their digital self-awareness and empowerment, and bridging the economic divide through employment and/or entrepreneurship.
It is envisioned as one of the central pillars of DotConnectAfrica Trust’s corporate social responsibility program, to attract a sizable women and girls demographic of Internet users in Africa in complementary gender development initiatives that improve the lives through digital inclusion.
Summary
- Host: Miss.Africa Digital
- Category: Fellowships
- Eligible Countries: African Countries
- Reward: $5,000
Details:
To enlighten ladies about the technology industry through mentorship programs, outreach enhancement initiatives, leadership engagement opportunities and technology centered learning to create an all-rounded lady for the African market place.
Requirements:
- Be a current residents of an African country in Continental Africa. Individuals (at least 18 years of age), or a representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO) or social enterprise based in Africa.
- Demonstrated experience conducting activities supporting women and girls in computer science or STEM fields.
- Commitment to developing and contributing to a virtual community for supporting women and girls initiatives.
Duration and Reward
- Grant amount up to $5,000
- DCA Academy Booth Camp Accelerator
- 6 weeks of tailored support and training for scaling to enable them to successfully launch or expand their initiatives to increase their digital opportunities in tech-related inventions, training, and leadership roles.
- Comprehensive Networking
- Unlimited access to the FemPower Digital Portal comprising of former winners and alumni as well as other girls and women community members. They will facilitate meetups and symposiums, Capacity Building, support, and advisory and market linkages of their members and participants to network and exchange ideas.
- Mentorship and coaching
- Access to Expert Coaching and Mentorship from DCA Digital Academy experts to produce tangible enhancement in terms of career development and talent mobility.
- DCA Academy Booth Camp Accelerator
Method of Application
- Please cite sources if you have used someone else’s work. Plagiarizing will result in automatic disqualification.
- Keep your proposal Short:. A maximum of 4 pages Text only or 6 Pages if it includes images.
- Keep it simple :An easy to understand proposal makes for a happy judge.
- Be practical: Give solutions that are out of the box that can be implemented fast and are scalable.
- One submission per person
- Judges Award is Final
- Enjoy the process
