Women Enabled Enterprises

The GOAL: to eradicate extreme poverty in our lifetime.

The HOW: By uplifting women, having a direct influence on the establishment and growth of women entrepreneurs in developing countries with the intent and commitment to help continue to broaden their impact through expanding the demand for their business and as a by-product creating jobs in their direct community.

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Here at Women Enabled Enterprises, we strive to help low income, high potential women start or grow a retail/product-based small business for self-sufficiency through a virtual, mobile phone based, retail entrepreneurship skills building, access to international and local retail markets and micro-funding.

Women Enabled Enterprises focuses on supporting women of color in the African continent with businesses ranging from emerging to 1-3 years operational, with the potential to grow into sustainable businesses. All women need to participate in this program is a cell phone (a data stipend is provided by Women Enabled Enterprises for those who need it.) These 2-hour weekly workshops give our participants the basic skills to manage their businesses to grow towards profitability and scalable potential while building a network of like minded, entrepreneurial peers. 

At the conclusion of the 12-week training, participants are provided ongoing mentorship and opportunities to pitch their business concepts to South African-based venture capital partners. To further participants’ growth and business scaling profitability, WEE provides direct access to a broad range of markets, including local e-commerce platform AYA Africa, spring & fall buyers markets exclusively hosted for WEE entrepreneurs, and US-based ShopConsciously (https://shopconsciously.com/) market for international exporting.

This program, and the work of WEE as a whole, provides a low-barrier, innovative, and scalable method to bring women into the formal economy by equipping them with a tangible skill-set, direct access to markets, and capital investment opportunities to further build, grow, and sustain their businesses into perpetuity.