Applications call for Women Tech Founders Program in the Middle East and North Africa. This program will provide women tech entrepreneurs from across the Middle East and North Africa region technical skills training from Google’s tech and start-up experts, and help build a network of future tech changemakers in the region. The program will be facilitated in English and will draw applicants mainly from Egypt, Bahrain, and the UAE.

In addition, a select number of applicants from the region, outside of Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE, will also be selected as Women Tech Founders ambassadors to participate in the program and serve as tech changemakers in expanding the program to the Middle East and North Africa region.

About Program 

Women Techmakers is dedicated to helping all women thrive in tech through community, visibility, and resources. Women Techmakers community is made up of more than 200,000 women across 190 countries with 900 Ambassadors committed to sustaining gender equity in tech. The vision is to build economic opportunities for women through technology. Learn more at Womentechmakers.com.

Benefits

• Equity-free support
• Exclusive invitations to technical bootcamps hosted by Google.
• Personalized mentorship and technical support from Google experts.
• The opportunity to provide feedback to Google product teams.

Program Timeline

During each session, participants will work toward building a tech founders community amongst themselves by engaging with peers and sharing the stories of their entrepreneurial journey. Selected finalists will be invited to participate in technical training sessions that will run through the month of May:

• Lanch Event: May 17th, 2021 (Open to the public)
• Session 1: May 18th, 2021 (Finalists Only)
• Session 2: May 24th, 2021 (Finalists Only)
• Session 3: June 1st, 2021 (Finalists Only)
• Session 4: June 8th, 2021 (Finalists Only)

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