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Cohorts

Our cohorts provide a systematic curriculum-based mentorship program for women in technology worldwide. Mentorship, we feel, is critical to increasing the number of women in technology. We've created a number of programs with an approach that caters to every woman's individual requirement, from choosing a professional path to unleashing talent potential. The different cohorts include:

  • We Discover
  • We Accelerate
  • We Lead
  • We Work
  • FoundHer

WE DISCOVER 1-1 MENTORING PROGRAM

The We-Discover 1-1 cohort is our largest mentorship cohort that provides the opportunity for wentees to have 1-1 individual sessions with our female tech wentors around the globe.

It is a 6-weeks mentorship cohort designed for entry-level women in technology or women with 0 to 2 years of experience in the industry.

During the cohort, they are guided professionally by female mentors across the technology industry and are also trained in soft skills such as personal branding, communication, impostor syndrome, storytelling presentation etc. relevant to their role in the industry amongst other things.

The We-Discover mentorship program launches annually to celebrate International Women’s Day.Our wentors are top-tier women with 5+ years of experience and a passion to see more women in the technology industry.

Objective: To unearth opportunities within the chosen field of technology, define career trajectory and identify knowledge gaps and growth areas.

Audience: Fresh Graduates, Women in early stages of their career, women seeking to switch industries.

How it Works:

6 individual sessions during 6 weeks for 1 hour/week

2-3 workshops on soft skills

Cross-cultural networking

Foster a life-long relationship

Date: March – April

Program fee: Free

WE DISCOVER TRIBE MENTORING PROGRAM

The We-Discover tribe cohort provides an opportunity for wentees to create diversity within a group and work towards creating a bond while building a network with our female tech wentors and other mentees within and outside their region.

It is a 4-weeks mentorship cohort designed for entry-level women in technology or women with 0 to 2 years of experience in the industry.

During the cohort, they are guided professionally by female mentors across the technology industry and are also trained in soft skills relevant to their role in the industry amongst other things.

The We-Discover Tribe mentorship program launches annually to accommodate women around the globe where our wentors creates a safe space for wentees to comfortably network, scale up and reach new heights in their career..

Our wentors are top-tier women with 5+ years of experience and a passion to see more women in the technology industry.

Objective: To unearth opportunities within the chosen field of technology, define career trajectory and identify knowledge gaps and growth areas

Audience: Fresh Graduates, Women in early stages of their career, women seeking to switch industries.

How it Works:

4 group sessions during 4 weeks for 2 hours/week

1 workshop on soft skills

Cross-cultural networking

Foster a life-long relationship

The We-Accelerate cohort is focused on women in mid-career roles or those seeking to transition into middle management roles. The mentorship is an intense 4-week program to cater professionally to all they’d need to successfully handle middle management responsibilities.

It is a cohort with a maximum capacity of 100 women in technology.

Objective: To ignite talent potential through a series of career defining activities (volunteering, branding, networking, negotiation, training)

Audience: Women in mid-career 2 to 4 years' work experience

Date: October – November

The We-Lead cohort is designed for women who are gunning for C-level or lead roles in an organization. It is specially crafted to nurture you to become an excellent leader in an organization. This also has a maximum capacity of 100 women in technology.

Objective: To ignite and wentor on how to be a great leader

Audience: Women aspiring to take on leadership or C-level Suite roles

Date: TBA

The Wentors We Work program reiterates Wentors’ passion to see more women in technology. This time, as an outflow of our many mentorship cohorts, we are focusing on securing internship/job placements for women in technology across the world, however with a prime focus on Africa.

The We Work program is an internship/job placement initiative run by Wentors in collaboration with her partner communities. Having done a prototype of this project in 2022 and 2023 with Flapmax AI institute with an overall success rate of 80%, Wentors is deciding to implement the We Work project on a much larger scale. More details

The Wentors FoundHER accelerator presents a flagship innovative platform to drive inclusion within technology for women-led startups and fostering female-inspired gender-specific solutions to thrive in our world. The program will present startup founders with the opportunity to access funding, global mentorship, business development support, etc.

Objective: To empower female founders in the Middle East and Africa using technology to solve endemic problems within their regions.

Structure: 4 – 6 weeks mentorship program with a 3-day Accelerator program to be concluded with a demo/pitch day.

Date: TBA

Eligibility Criteria:

Idea stage solution leveraging technology for success

Team of co-founders with at least one Middle Eastern or African Female National

Business model types must be B2B, B2B2C or B2G

Seeking pre-seed funding

Must be within the 14 business verticals of Plug and Play tech ventures

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