The Future is Female Mentorship Program provides early-stage African female tech founders with insights into PR and communications fundamentals, including creating a communications plan, business storytelling, media relations, and more. The ultimate goal is for PR and communications to support these women in raising the visibility of their startups with multiple stakeholders leading to increased customers, audiences, media coverage, partners, and, of course, direct investment.

The Future is Female Mentorship Program is a PR and communications mentorship program by C.Moore Media International Public Relations (CMM), designed exclusively to the business development needs of African Tech female founders.

In celebration of the 60^th Anniversary of Africa Day, the program’s fourth edition promises to reach even more African female founders from across the Continent while introducing additional partners in more diverse sectors, expanding the resources, network, expertise, and knowledge available to mentees. For the first time, Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program and Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund will collaborate with the program highlighting both organizations support in developing tech across Africa.

Aligning with the goals and objectives of the Future is Female Mentorship Program, the Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program aims to empower and support women founders on the continent by providing resources and opportunities to scale their startups and address African problems.

Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund has an active interest in Africa and continues to assess opportunities across the Continent. The Fund has invested in some of the region’s top Africa-focused tech startups including Flutterwave and Andela. As part of their support for the program, they will host a session on VC funding for the selected female founders from across Africa.

Program Details:

The program is delivered virtually, and the mentees are invited to participate in masterclasses and sessions customized to the specific needs of their sector and business.
During the mentorship program, female founders will learn insights into the fundamentals of PR and communications for tech startups, including creating a communications plan, incorporating storytelling into your business communications with multiple stakeholders, and more.
During the selection process, special considerations will be given to startups that focus on health, education, finance, agriculture, and sustainability.
In addition, startups that provide solutions and/or address African women’s and girls’ needs will also receive special consideration.

Eligibility Requirements

The business is less than two years old.
You are female-founded or have at least one woman who is part of the co-founder team.
Your company is Africa-focused serving African markets or Africans in the Diaspora.
The company is an early-stage startup (pre-series A investment).
You have a business plan in place.
You have a minimum viable product (MVP)
You should have a functional website
You have launched your startup and have initial traction (i.e., money, users, etc.)

Benefits

2023 Program Details

If you are a female-founded African startup with a fantastic service or product and want to learn how to leverage PR and communications to elevate your growing company, my madam, this program is for you!

• Customized online masterclasses with Claudine Moore, Allison+Partners Managing Director, Africa and Adjunct Professor, New York University and TechCabal Editor, with contributions from AfricaCommsWeek’s founders.

• Customized virtual sessions with Allison+partners team members and leading experts from the tech ecosystem specific to your business and sector

• Insights into the fundamentals of PR and communications for Africa-focused startups

• Practical examples of how to incorporate storytelling into your communications

• A topline review of The Three T’s: Theme, Tone, and Timing of communications and content creation

• Information on how to create an actionable communications campaign

• An overview of media relations with an outline of the differences between the hyper-local, regional and global press

• Tips on business relationship development with a cross-section of stakeholders

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Future is Female Mentorship Program 2023

Application Deadline: July 5th 2021

As a Black and women-owned business that focuses on African markets, it is in C. Moore Media, International Public Relations DNA to be vocal about our support for diversity, especially as it pertains to Black women and girls. In 2020, right in the middle of the global pandemic, when businesses around the world were reeling from the pandemic, and we too as a company was trying to navigate the new normal, we wanted to reach back and help African female entrepreneurs and founders of startups during the global chaos that was surrounding us all.

On Africa Day 2020, we launched the inaugural edition of The Future is Female Mentorship Program, a complementary Public Relations (PR) and communications program dedicated exclusively to the business development needs of African female tech founders. African female tech founders are often unsupported and overlooked in the male-dominated tech world, and we wanted to empower and support this group. The Future is Female Mentorship Program provides African female tech founders of early-stage startups with PR and communications expertise, knowledge, and insights to help grow their business and gain more visibility to attract customers, investors, and strategic partnerships.

In celebration of Africa Day, we are launching the second edition of the mentorship program. In this edition of the program, we will increase our intake from 12 to 25 early-stage African tech female-founded startups chosen by a carefully selected industry panel of CMM team judges.

KEY DATES
The application portal to apply for The Future is Female Mentorship Program will open at noon (WAT) on Monday, June 7, 2021, and close at 11:59 pm (WAT) on Monday, July 5.
C. Moore Media will announce the successful female founders on Monday, July 26.