Development
WPEC Launches 'Titans Tank' Virtual Business Competition for African and African American Female Entrepreneurs The Women’s Program Engagement Council (WPEC) aka “Africa’s Titans®”, a Global Sustainable Partnerships (GSP) Global Ini a ve designed to help African and African American women entrepreneurs and business owners expand into new markets, today launches a new ini a ve christened ‘Titans Tank.’ Titans Tank will entail a virtual business compe on to allow women entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas and exis ng business to the public and the WPEC community. The top five businesses will be selected to par cipate in the final compe on. These women will get the rare opportunity to showcase their ideas, products, or services to judges and poten al investors. To apply, please click on this link: h ps:// docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgwhWMLmBSLMrV4zqiSPg3SgEzbfK3QKaMu_VxvZLx4VHog/ viewform. According to Kimberly L. Fogg the Founder and Chair of (WPEC), the goal of WPEC is to work with investors to help them look at women entrepreneurs through a “new lens” as it relates to the value of inves ng in women and to ensure their voices are represented, recognized and championed for their role as innovators, job creators, entrepreneurs, mentors, while helping raise awareness that these women have longevity in the local, na onal and global markets. Kimberly noted that the campaign invites African and African American women entrepreneurs and business owners globally to send in a short video of their idea or exis ng business. “We will showcase this on all our social media pla orms including @TWPEC Facebook page and LinkedIn in the week of August 17th. The judges will select the top five “Titans” and the winner will be announced on Sept 26th 2020.” In keeping with the theme of Africa’s Titans® the compe on will focus on two categories. • Titans in Innova on, Technology, and Communica on Connec vity • Titans in Banking, Business, Investments, and Marke ng
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WPEC is looking to partner with key female representa ves of major Fortune 500 companies, African leaders, company founders, philanthropists, key policymakers and business leaders to serve as mentors to share their journeys through the private and public sector spaces describing not only their successes, but also iden fying policy gaps, challenges, obstacles and suggested solu ons for future best prac ces. About WPEC WPEC is an innova ve social entrepreneurship organiza on comprised of a global network of women leaders who play a pivotal role in the global support of ge ng more women in managerial/execu ve posi ons and on corporate boards, with a mission of developing, growing, and sustaining women leadership in their own businesses globally. WPEC operates globally through building a commi ed global black woman led Africa’s Titans® network of entrepreneurs and business owners who are u lizing innova on to drive global sustainable development, addressing exis ng socio-economic gaps, and integra ng social impact in the con nent of Africa and the Diaspora through alloca ng a percentage of their funding to GSP as their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partner. WPEC works with investors to help them understand the shi in paradigm of development and facilitate local/foreign direct investments through a “new lens” as it relates to the value of inves ng in women/women-owned businesses who have longevity in the local, na onal and global markets. (www.facebook.com/TWPEC/) Media Contacts: For the United States Kimberly L. Fogg, Founder GSP and WPEC kfogg@gspartnerships.org 1-404-909-2428 For Africa African Media Agency contact@africanmediaagency.com Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of WPEC
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