She Loves Tech, the world’s largest startup competition focused on women and technology, will take place in East Africa for the first time this year on July the 14th at the Nairobi Garage and is offering the winning startup the chance to travel to China for the global finals in September.
She Loves Tech is a global startup competition aimed at showcasing the convergence in the latest trends in technology, entrepreneurship, innovation and the opportunities it creates for women.
This year’s edition will be held in 14 locations across Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa and the UAE, with the East African leg to take place in Kenya.
The East Africa round of the competition – for which registration closes on July 2nd – is co-organised by China Africa Tech Initiative.
On June 6th,June 13th and June 20th, She Loves Tech East Africa, along with the iHub and Nailab, hosted the series of workshops ‘How to Create a Pitch Deck‘, ‘How to Network with Investors‘ and ‘Presentation and Public Speaking Skills’ respectively.
You can read about that here: https://www.chinaafrica.tech/blog/pitch
What the winners will receive
The winning startup will travel to Beijing, China for a bootcamp on September 12-14, before the global finals on September 15. All regional winners will then undertake a tech trip of Singapore for three days.
Winners will receive also benefit from investments. Investors will be actively looking to invest in the top startups coming out of the global competition. Teja Ventures, a venture capital fund and She Loves Tech’s official venture partner is a prime example.
She Loves Tech’s global winner will also receive a custom “Startup Booster Pack”, which consists of exclusive mentorships from leading investors and industry experts, consulting services, fast-track entry to partner programmes and media exposure.
The challenge is open to startups seeking funding with at least a minimum viable product. Any entrepreneur, male or female, using technology to impact women positively is invited to apply, thought at least one female entrepreneur must be part of the founding team.
She Loves Tech is open to accepting startups from all industries, with a particular focus on startups in agri-tech, artificial intelligence and big data, B2B solutions, blockchain, consumer tech, clean energy, fintech, ed-tech, IoT, and e-health.
