Project Grant SGY20022GR0008

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 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...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,236 cooperative agreement to LKH Consulting of New Zealand to implement an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs for Pacific women in New Zealand. Under this award, LKH Consulting will provide business networking, launch and graduation events, and participate in the Pasifika Festival event from June 2022 through June 2023. This cooperative agreement supports the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance...

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...

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 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 Malta Chamber of Commerce will manage the 2022 Academy of Women Entrepreneurs through a $109,300 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people. Specifically, the Malta Chamber of Commerce will deliver an academy...

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...