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POWER/Google Women Tech Founders Program 2022

You are invited to apply for the Power/Google Women Tech Founders Program 2022. See more information on how to apply below.

POWER/Google Women Tech Founders Program 2022 for MENA women tech entrepreneurs

The U.S. Department of State, through the Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Rise (POWER) Initiative, has partnered with Google’s Women Techmakers to host the Women Tech Founders Program. This virtual program will provide women tech entrepreneurs from across the Middle East and North Africa start-up training from Google’s tech and start up experts and help build a network of future tech changemakers in the region.

This 7-week development program, aims to empower 50 women founders who are building tech startups in the Middle East and North Africa region by giving them access to startup related training by Google, networking and mentorship. The program will run virtually.

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Application Criteria:

Applicant must be a woman leading a tech startup with

A technology-based product

At least acquired seed funding

Some level of market traction with their product/service

Legally registered in the Middle East and North Africa region

Selection Criteria

Program finalists will be selected through a competitive application process that will be open from April 4 to April 30, 2022, with the first program session held on June 7, 2022.

Requirements

The program is targeting women who have launched a tech business within the last two years or are launching a new tech business with acquired seed funding.
All program sessions will be virtual and will be conducted in English.

Benefits

Fifty finalists will receive training on both tech and business development concepts with the opportunity to gain insights and mentorship from Google’s experts.
Sessions will be tailored to participants’ skillsets to enable them to leverage technology to expand their businesses.
Interspersed between technical sessions will be community building sessions that allow participants to network and collaborate with other leading women in tech in the region, as well as the United States, and U.S. government officials.

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