Project Grant SGH10022GR0004

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Ascend International Studios Services LIMITED to facilitate a 2022 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Nigeria. Under the agreement, Ascend will conduct a five-month AWE Academy for 250 women currently operating small and medium enterprises across southern Nigeria. The goal is to support the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040)...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $184,061 Cooperative Agreement to the Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation to implement the fifth year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan. This program, funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), aims to equip early-stage women entrepreneurs in Taiwan with training, networks, and know-how to grow their businesses globally, with a focus on expansion into the U.S....

The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $112,505.80 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The grant funding will be used by the non-profit organization Fundacion Paraguaya De Cooperacion Y Desarrollo (doing business as Fudacope) to implement the 2024 Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Paraguay. The AWE program...

The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. to provide training and counseling services to small businesses owned and controlled by women. Specifically, the organization will assist women entrepreneurs in Cleveland, Georgia through removing...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $107,880 to Kustawi Africa LIMITED through a Cooperative Agreement under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The award will support the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs 2022, Cohort 4 initiative from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program provides assistance awards by U.S....

The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. to deliver training and counseling services from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2025 to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women. Specifically, the organization will work to remove...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award provides $150,000 in funding to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc., a non-profit Community Development Corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), to support its Women's Business Ownership Assistance program. This program is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under CFDA 59.043. The grant enables Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs to deliver a range of entrepreneurial development services to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $203,778 project grant to support implementation of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Phase 4 in Zambia. The grant was awarded on June 30, 2022 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to support entrepreneurship training for women in Zambia through May 31, 2023. Funding will support delivering entrepreneurship skills development workshops and...