Bayer Foundation’s Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025 Africa for Food Security

Donor: Bayer Foundation and Impact Hub Network

About: Bayer Foundation’s Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025 Africa aims to advance health and food security globally by supporting innovative and sustainable projects driven by women entrepreneurs. The award focuses on empowering women-led enterprises in low and middle-income countries to address pressing challenges in health and food security across Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East.

The initiative provides not only financial support but also comprehensive non-financial assistance, such as mentorship, networking opportunities, and access to resources. By fostering sustainable business models, the award aims to create a lasting impact on communities, particularly in underserved areas.

The award has been strategically renamed to highlight the remarkable leadership and innovation demonstrated by women entrepreneurs, emphasizing their intrinsic power and capacity to drive change.

The Bayer Foundation’s Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025 is a significant platform for women entrepreneurs driving impactful solutions in health and food security. By joining this community, participants gain access to a supportive ecosystem that includes a six-month accelerator program, visibility through branded communication, and lifelong membership in Bayer Foundation’s alumni community and the Impact Hub Network. With €25,000 in cash support and a sponsored trip to the award ceremony, winners are well-equipped to scale their ventures and make a tangible difference.

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Focus: Food Security, Access to Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Agriculture, Nutritional Enhancement, Health Technologies, Community Health Support, Climate-Smart

Solutions

Region: Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East

Eligibility:

–Women-led enterprises focusing on health or food security solutions.
-Businesses generating up to $500,000 USD in annual revenue.
-Projects addressing critical challenges in low and middle-income communities.
-Initiatives with a strong commitment to social and community impact.
–Female founders or co-founders leading the enterprise.
-Ventures with sustainable and scalable business models.

Benefits
-Accelerator Programme: Tailored mentorship, expert networks, and comprehensive support to grow your business and achieve your goals.
-Sponsored Trip: A fully funded trip to an exclusive award ceremony, connecting with peers and global leaders driving change.
-€25,000 Cash Support: Financial support to grow your business, expand your reach, and bring your mission to life.
-Visibility and Recognition: Share your story on a global stage, highlight your achievements, and inspire others to lead with purpose.
-Bayer Foundation Alumni Community: Access a global community of past winners and changemakers for ongoing collaboration and support.
-Impact Hub Network: Become part of a global community driving inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale.

Deadline: February 18, 2025

Terms:
–Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A set of global goals aimed at addressing poverty, inequality, climate change, and more, adopted by the United Nations in 2015.
-Social Innovation: The process of developing and deploying effective solutions to challenging and often systemic social and environmental issues in support of social progress.
-Blended Finance: An approach that blends scarce public concessional funds with private sector commercial capital to realize innovative, high-impact development projects.
– DEI: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – a conceptual framework promoting representation and participation of different groups of individuals, including people of different ages, races and ethnicities, abilities and disabilities, genders, religions, cultures, and sexual orientations.
-Impact Hub Network: A global network of impact-driven entrepreneurs and innovators, consisting of over 100 local communities and 17,000 members in more than 60 countries.