UNITAR: Advancing Gender Equality, Empowerment Programme for Africa (MSMES)

Advancing Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Programme for Africa

This is a call for applications to participate in the Advancing Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Programme entrepreneurship training for women entrepreneurs across Africa. 

This online training programme is developed and implemented by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Division for Prosperity, Hiroshima Office, in partnership with United Nations Development Programme with the financial support of the Government of Canada. 

This programme is designed to empower women entrepreneurs across Africa with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to turn their ideas into sustainable business models or scale their current enterprises. The programme applicants will be able to develop financial literacy skills while engaging with a vast network of women entrepreneurs from within their country and regional economic communities.

This 7-week online training will be hosted on an interactive mobile application that allows self-paced learning and will cover modules in entrepreneurship and financial literacy. In addition to completing self-paced online courses, learners will engage in peer-to-peer discussions and assignments. 

N.B The duration of the course is subject to change.

This programme will be delivered in English and French.

Participants who complete and meet the minimum Criteria will receive a joint UNITAR and UNDP Certificate of Completion. 

To submit your application please complete all questions in the below survey. Participants will be selected on a merit basis and the UNITAR team will inform you if your application is successful.

Applications to the programme will be accepted until July 31, 2023, 2400 EAT. You are strongly encouraged to submit your application early as the review of applications will take place on a rolling basis. 

If you experience any technical problems during your application or seek any clarification about the programme, please contact: Margaret.Nduta@unitar.org

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Terms and Conditions

1.By participating in this training programme, you will be deemed to have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions. 

1. The information available in the course of this training programme is the copyright of UNITAR and shall not be printed for re-distribution.

2. Personal information submitted by participants is being processed by Microsoft Forms and may be shared with UNDP and programme implementation partners to enhance the delivery of the training programme.

Application Deadline: 31 July 2023

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