AWEA convenes women leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers across Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda — moving participants from leadership mindset to systems access to scale and markets.
Accelerate Women's flagship Executive Summit is our biggest annual gathering in Tanzania. AWEA extends that same mission across borders — connecting women leaders and entrepreneurs in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda to the same networks, capital, and capacity-building that have reached over 5,000 women through Accelerate Women.
AWEA connects women leaders and entrepreneurs across four countries, with Nairobi as the hub for our regional Summit.
Home base — host of the flagship Accelerate Women's Executive Summit every March, and Accelerate Foundation's headquarters in Dar es Salaam.
Host of the 2025 Unstoppable Women Conference and the upcoming December 2026 AWEA Summit in Nairobi.
Part of AWEA's growing regional network of women leaders and entrepreneurs.
Part of AWEA's growing regional network of women leaders and entrepreneurs.
December 10–11, 2025. A full-day convening under Accelerate Women East Africa, moving participants from leadership mindset to systems access to scale and markets — hosted by Bernice Fernandes.
"Confidence grows when competence grows. The work you put in today builds the leader you become tomorrow."
"Nobody can defeat you as an entrepreneur — except yourself. Master the art of reinvention."
Champion of local manufacturing and industrial growth across East Africa.
"You have a diamond inside you, and it just needs to be dug deeper."
Leading efforts to expand Kenya's exports and reduce trade barriers.
"You are built to build a generation." Champion of AI literacy for women entrepreneurs.
"Your personal brand and your business brand are the same."
Built a wellness brand rooted in African herbal knowledge and women's health.
"Don't see limits. Put in the work. Being an unstoppable woman means you stop limiting yourself."
From Dar es Salaam to Nairobi — one movement, moving across borders.
The next chapter of AWEA returns to Nairobi, Kenya, following Power & Purpose in Dar es Salaam and the Unstoppable Women Conference.
Details are still being finalized — join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment registration opens, along with speaker news and venue details.
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Share your expertise on stage with women leaders and entrepreneurs from across Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda.
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