By Jocelyn and Kebone | QWB+Allies Team
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Happy New Year!
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, our community of queer womxn entrepreneurs showed great resilience throughout 2020. We wanted to give you a little update on our goal to Coach 30 African queer womxn founder and fund 5 project last year.
In 2020, 29 queer womxn entrepreneurs experienced an improved version of the Startups Pitch Challenge program over a 7-weeks. The top 5 successful participants were then selected by an audited selection committee to pitch for business funding at our final QWB+Allies Demo Day Event which took place virtually on the 28th of November 2020.
"The 2020 Startups Pitch Challenge has been a life-changing experience that has helped me think more strategically about my business. I was exposed to a number of highly experienced individuals and the experience made it easier for me to implement high thinking concepts into the business." - Tshepiso Sibisi, founder of Mwari Pizza House, the 2020 winner of the Startups Pitch Challenge.
Mwari Pizza House is South Africa’s fastest township-based growing pizza brand delivering quality service by living up to its tagline, “Taste the Fresh Creation”.
Last year we recruited a more diverse group of founders and businesses, with 45% of the businesses being at idea/registration stage and 55% at pre-seed stage with a 97% completion rate.
The team at QWB+Allies will like to express our heartfelt gratitude to you for your support in 2020!
Keep Well and Stay Safe.
QWB+Allies Team
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