SAIS highlights Fem-in-tech, aims to empower women in business

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Fem-In-Tech is a collaboration between the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the SAIS, and together they focus on the female entrepreneurship development programmes for South African women. innovsummit

Johannesburg - The kickstart to the first-ever fully digital South African Innovation Summit, better known as , will be different this time around as people from around the world will be able to watch the summit from the comfort of their own homes. The summit kicked off with Fem-In-Tech aimed at empowering South African Women.

Through this programme, a community of female-led start-ups will be created with the purpose of supporting each other through their journeys. At the end of the programme, the women will be equipped with the skills to pitch their business case to potential investors on the Demo Day, and a select group will be matched to potential business supporters and funders through the Match and Invest Platform.

Acting Executive Manager at the Seda Technology Programme and SEDA, Tervern Jafta said female founders give people a different perspective because they come from a nurturing background they raise children and because of that, they will spend time and nurture their business making sure it grows and females have proven that they are resilient.

 

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