| Female Founders Academy
Empowering Nairobi’s Next Generation of Female Founders to lead the future of Agri-tech, Food-tech, and Climate-tech Innovation!
The Female Founders Academy is a 3-month hybrid acceleration program designed to support female university students with a business idea based in Nairobi, Kenya. The hands-on programme is designed to support the development of early-stage start-ups, encompassing product, business, and personal growth. Apply now!
Why Join?
Supported by Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups (SAIS), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-funded by the Gates Foundation (GF) and the European Union (EU). This programme is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The Female Founders Academy, as part of SAIS, offers:
- A possibility to apply to the SAIS Investment Readiness Programme
- Access to SAIS’ ecosystem of investors, mentors, and partners
- Support in launching your venture
What will you learn?
Delivered by experts from Strathmore University and Garage48, the programme offers a mix of in-person and virtual sessions focused on:
Product-Market Fit
Validating the real-world problem
Customer discovery
Crafting your value proposition & user personas
Gathering feedback from potential users
Design and prototype building
learning to use the AI tools and prototyping tools that help you build your first mockup in no time
user-friendly, clean design of your product/service
Business & Finance
Lean business modeling
Building your start-up team & early operations
Financial planning for pre-revenue ventures
Go-to-market strategy tailored for Kenyan markets
Growth & Pitching
Building traction and getting feedback
Developing a compelling pitch deck
One-on-one mentorship to refine your pitch for the Demo Day