South African Women in Tech called to #PowerUp at this year’s WIT 2022 Appreciation Experience
Amidst the ongoing challenges facing women in South Africa, tech entrepreneurship presents a remarkable opportunity to empower women and girls in our country through the use of technology.
On the 16th November 2022, the inaugural Innovator Trust Women In Tech (WIT) Appreciation Experience will take place in Johannesburg, to honour and award female tech entrepreneurs from across the country, for their outstanding achievements in leading their tech businesses.
Annual Celebration
This year’s auspicious event will mark the 7th annual instalment of the Women In Tech (WIT) Appreciation Experience hosted by the Innovator Trust, small-business training incubation facilitator established in 2014, whose mission it is to support and nurture the development of sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) SMMEs in South Africa. The event was conceptualized primarily to recognize female beneficiaries from the Enterprise Development, Supplier Development and Young Entrepreneurs (YEP) programmes facilitated by the Innovator Trust. Since inception, the Innovator Trust have successfully incubated more than 190 black-owned ICT small businesses, some who have been able to grow from start-up phase to medium and large-scale enterprises.
For the last two years the WIT event had taken place largely as a virtual event due to the restrictions under the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the event will be hosted as a 1-day hybrid event with a limited in-house audience.
Leading women of industry, innovators, government, academia, media, and other female small business owners are expected to attend the event in recognition of the female beneficiaries being awarded. Last year’s WIT event offered a captivating line-up of keynote addresses and panel discussions featuring renowned women in leadership such as Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, former Public Protector of South Africa, Professor Thuli Madonsela, Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela Bay University, Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, and Vodacom Director for External Affairs, Takalani Netshitenzhe.
Click here to watch highlights from WIT 2021
A Call to Power Up
WIT 2022 presents a call to action for women to #PowerUp in support of one another and unite as a collective toward creating the opportunities for economic growth that exist within the realm of tech entrepreneurship, despite the dire economic and social climate of the country. In addition to a spectacular awards ceremony, the programme promises an impressive lineup of guest speakers and panel discussions engaging on topics such as women and sustainability, African entrepreneurship and the effects of the energy crises on the SMME sector, challenging the current status quo on the state of women in technology and entrepreneurship.
Complimentary virtual registrations to WIT 2022 are now open until 16th November 2022.
Register here to claim your FREE virtual seat to WIT2022
WOMEN IN TECH APPRECIATION EXPERIENCE – THE FUTURE OF TECH, POWERED BY WOMEN
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