WeFund
A 6-month programme to support the financial education of women entrepreneurs.
The result of a partnership between WomenPreneur-Initiative and BECI.
The WeFund programme, the result of a collaboration between BECI and Womenpreneur-Initiative, an organisation dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs, is proving to be a lever for female entrepreneurship. Designed to compensate for the lack of financial training and the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs, the programme has met with initial success. The second cohort has now been launched!
WeFund consists of two cohorts, each lasting six months. The training, provided by experts from BECI and WomenPreneur-Initiative, covers financial management, pitch preparation, the creation of business plans, as well as leadership and communication skills.
The programme also includes speed dating sessions with professionals from the banking sector, offering an opportunity to establish relationships in the financial sector.
Who's it for?
WeFund is intended for women entrepreneurs based in Brussels, with a project lasting for at least one year.
‘Our objective is to create a space where we educate women about financial management, breaking down the taboos around money, in order to set up businesses that work and businesses that last’
- Sana Afouaiz, director of WomenPreneur-Initiative.
Are you a woman entrepreneur looking to develop your financial management skills? Sign up for the second cohort!
Why support the WeFund programme?
Supporting the WeFund programme is all the more important in a context where entrepreneurship is often poorly defined and where the investment culture is struggling to develop. As Sana Afouaiz points out, 'entrepreneurship is a means of expression, innovation and contribution to society. We need to invest in Brussels start-ups to get the local economy moving. If everyone adopts this mindset, Brussels can position itself better in Europe.'
Yet the gender stereotypes facing women are holding back entrepreneurial activity. So supporting WeFund means investing in an initiative that offers financial training to women entrepreneurs and breaks down the taboos around money. But that's not all: supporting WeFund also means encouraging small local projects that can boost an entire neighbourhood. ‘It's important that we target those businesses that need help, but are blocked by a language reserved for just one type of entrepreneur’, says the director of WomenPreneur-Initiative.
