A panel comprised of UNESCO and AI Movement specialists, as well as OCP Foundation members, has chosen 15 women entrepreneurs to receive financial prizes ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 to assist their firms grow.
In addition to the financial support, each entrepreneur will also receive coaching on fund-raising, and tailor-made technical support, according to UNESCO website.
The 15 entrepreneurs were among 80 women who just finished a three-month training program established by UNESCO and its new Category 2 Institute, Ai Movement, and supported by Morocco’s OCP Foundation. The program included a three-month online course, followed by a two-week intensive Summer Camp in July 2024 at the Ai Movement Artificial Intelligence Centre in Rabat. The ladies were chosen from 28 African nations from all five zones of Africa.
The training aimed not only to nurture the entrepreneurs’ start-ups and build their skills, but also to create a continent-wide network of women in AI to facilitate continuous dialogue and exchange. All the start-ups harness AI and tech to provide sustainable development solutions, in line with the SDGs and the African Union’s Agenda 2063
