PUBLIC VOTING IS LIVE!

Make your voice heard by voting for your favorite women entrepreneur-led startup solution and they could be the Winner of the Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award 2022! Choose your preferred startup in West / Central / Southern / East  Africa. Want to know more about each startup? Check out the profiles of the health and nutrition startups participating in the  public voting and find out more about their innovative solutions. Public voting starts on 28th of March and lasts for a week – don’t lose your chance to help your favorite female entrepreneur!

500

Applicants from Sub-Saharan Africa

90

Selected candidates
waiting for your vote

The top startup

with the most votes of each region

will join the the finalist program

Get to know the solutions

The startups are divided according to their region. Visit the region you’re most interested in (or all of them!) and support the solution that deserves joining the Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award Finalist Program.

Cast your vote

West & Central Africa

Cast your vote

Southern Africa

Cast your vote

Eastern Africa

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AWARD TIMELINE

DEADLINE 18TH OF MARCH

Open Applications

28TH OF MARCH TO THE 1ST OF APRIL

Public Voting

MARCH AND APRIL

Selection

APRIL AND MAY

Finalist Program

Initiative of

"Bayer Foundation’s vision is to catalyze advances in science and social innovation for a world with “Health for all, Hunger for None”. With the Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award 2022, they aim to reward female entrepreneurs as inspirational models, and foster the brightest minds to provide impactful solutions for sub-Saharan African’s challenges in health and agriculture.