WomXn Series
Bridging the funding support gap in entrepreneurship for womxn in South Africa
From start to growth, creating an inclusive startup ecosystem through womxn entrepreneurship
The Bridging the Funding Gap - Womxn Series is an advocacy action inspired by Oribi's gender strategy to advance inclusive and equitable economic empowerment for womxn and girls. It is a 3-part curated series of activities, aimed at building strategic networks and creating shorter pathways to funding for womxn impact entrepreneurs.
1. Trust yourself:
We work on cultivating entrepreneurial self-confidence, perspectives, and agency
2. Trust your project:
A collective of entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, and coaches who can support inclusive business growth through knowledge sharing and network development
3. Fund your project:
Given the funding gap towards women entrepreneurship, we work on onboarding trust partners to provide unrestricted funding and/or strategic partnerships to womxn.
Join The Movement
Access to a network of womxn-led impact enterprise
Access to opportunities for funding
Networking opportunities with relevant funding and operational partners
Part 1: Group Coaching
Create a safe space for womxn to share challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship
20 women-led social enterprises
Part 2: Online Knowledge Exchange
Create a gender-inclusive entrepreneurial network to unlock knowledge exchange
and value creation with successful
social entrepreneurs
60 women-led social enterprises
Part 3: Gender Inclusive - Investor Networking Event
Create shorter pathways between gender-focused actors and womxn entrepreneurs to create linkages between womxn social entrepreneurs and gender-lens funding and operational partners
Values
Willingness to collaborate
Value-driven action
Reciprocity and Solidarity
Individual and Collective Agency
Oribi supports womxn-led, early-stage impact enterprises (6m - 3yrs) addressing SDGs through social innovation.
*PAY-IT-FORWARD womxn encouraged to be programme ambassadors, peer coaches, share resources and
networks within Oribi network
