Afrigather The Future is Feminine Mentorship Programme, a public relations (PR) and communications coaching programme supplied completely to feminine founders, has introduced 20 finalists for its fifth cohort.
These finalists have been chosen from lots of of purposes throughout Africa which closed on July 31. Finalists embody early-stage startups in healthtech, AI, cleantech, agritech, and logistics, with use circumstances of their goal markets.
The Future is Feminine Mentorship Programme was based in 2020 by Claudine Moore, Africa’s managing director on the PR agency Allison, and founding father of C.Moore Media.
The annual programme is organised in partnership with a number of media and communications firms and traders in female-led companies to offer media coaching to feminine founders.
Salesforce Ventures Affect Fund, the influence funding arm of Salesforce, TechCabal, Africa Communications Week, and startup database firm F6S partnered for this yr’s version.
“In 5 years, we’ve got supported lots of of African feminine tech founders and are delighted to have help from long-term companions. We stay dedicated to scaling the initiative with supporting African feminine founders as our precedence goal,” stated Moore.
As a part of the coaching, Claudine Moore will lead the primary masterclass, joined by Africa Communications Week co-founders, Annie Mutumba and Eniola Harrison. TechCabal will lead masterclasses on the way to work with the media. Salesforce Ventures Affect Fund will educate about enterprise capital funding.
The chosen finalists for the 2024 program come from completely different African international locations. These founders are:
Morocco
- Adjayi Cyrus, founding father of My Steps, an incentive-based health-tech app that rewards customers for sustaining day by day well being routines by means of eco-friendly mobility.
- Nassima Ben, founding father of Feizhoucom, a startup constructing expertise merchandise, software program options, and cell apps for startups in Morocco.
Rwanda
- Aline Nicole Uwamariya, founding father of Geuza, a startup utilizing digital plastic waste and 3D expertise to create prosthetics and crutches for disabled individuals in Rwanda.
Kenya
- Becky Kirima, founding father of INVA Answer, a startup offering complete digital help tailor-made particularly for people with consideration deficit dysfunction (ADD).
- Maureen Macharia, Founding father of Cluzar, an AI-powered buyer suggestions and market analysis startup enabling organizations to attach and collect insights from present and potential customers.
Nigeria
- Kieva Chris-Amusan, founding father of Fertitude, a digital platform that gives ladies with on-demand & stigma-free entry to reproductive well being data, merchandise, and providers.
- Folashade Adegbite, founding father of Harmonics, a startup constructing expertise merchandise, software program options, and cell purposes for startups.
- Omolola Solagbade, founding father of Zendit, a logistics tech platform that connects companies to a number of and inexpensive courier choices
- Kikelomo Owoyale, founding father of SheFoundry, a gender-lens technological firm contributing to bridging monetary and fundraising gaps for girls founders and entrepreneurs
- Tolu Ajibola, founding father of HerSynergyTribe, a community targeted on empowering mid-level ladies in tech within the EMEA area by offering assets, mentorship, and networking alternatives geared toward profession development and private development.
- Roddiyyat Nasirudeen, founding father of OpenHealth, a HealthTech platform addressing the important challenge of accessibility and high quality by leveraging AI expertise.
- Omowumi Omidiji, founding father of SouqOS, a B2B cross-border provide chain administration platform that streamlines diaspora-Africa commerce by offering providers for sourcing, logistics, warehousing, escrow, and embedded finance.
South Africa
- Vwanganji Amatende-Bowa, founding father of Tsehla Holdings, a startup that focuses on climate-smart agriculture by means of hydroponic farming
Zimbabwe
- Priscilla Chigariro, founding father of The Pushed Group, a premium life-style startup curating occasions, eating places, accommodations, and experiences for customers in Zimbabwe
Ghana
- Ruth Nduta, founding father of Africa HackNest, an edtech startup leveraging AI to offer capability improvement coaching for organizations in Ghana.
- Ama Dadson, founding father of Akoobooks, a platform and expertise supplier targeted on remodeling African books into participating audiobooks that attain new audiences on cell phones.
- Roxanne Oduro, founding father of Merdeo, a cloud-based agritech startup leveraging knowledge analytics to streamline operations for restaurateurs whereas offering farmers with entry to markets
Ethiopia
- Begashaw Meberate, founding father of Bfarm-Tech, a digital startup offering rental threshing providers for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
- Beamlak Alemayehu, founding father of Medanit, a startup offering medicine supply, medical doctors’ appointments system, telemedicine, psychological well being session and Ethiopia’s first all-in-one medical listing system.
Tunisia
- Nada Ghammem, founding father of Bionic Soul, a startup manufacturing superior bionic prosthetics that improve the mobility and high quality of life for amputees in Tunisia.
