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Congratulations to the winners!

An 18-month programme providing training, mentorship and support to 6 social enterprises working to empower women in low-income countries economically.

Organisations that increase business skills, provide education, access to digital markets and payment tools, as well as those that provide essential mental health or healthcare support among working women and micro-entrepreneurs, are invited to apply.

Accelerator benefits

Selected organizations in the program will have access to:

Training & Support

Monthly enterprise support for 18 months.

Technology Access

Turn.io Enterprise licence + 18-month subsidised WhatsApp.

Knowledge Growth

Collaborative learning with quarterly cohort sessions.

Mentorship

Expert advice from Solutions Engineers, Conversational Designers and a team of Turn.io AI/Data Engineers.

We are looking for impact-driven organizations working in health, education and economic mobility with a well-defined theory of change or business case.

Selection criteria

The selection process emphasises a strong business case/ theory of change for using chat to benefit low-income women entrepreneurs or women in the workforce

We are particularly interested in those working to reduce gender disparities.

Ideal applicants are social enterprises dedicated to developing and expanding a WhatsApp-based chat service, with the resources to build, manage and sustain the chat service after the Accelerator program.

Applicants should have a clear

Applicants should have a clear measurement and evaluation plan on how their new chat-based system can deliver baseline (before accelerator) and endline data (after accelerator) on women's economic empowerment through indicators such as increased turnover, higher income, better market access, upskilling and/or financial services integration.

“The Chat for Women's Livelihoods Accelerator is about empowering organizations to leverage conversational technology, opening up new avenues for women's economic advancement. We believe that when women thrive, communities flourish and we're excited to see how these six organizations will use WhatsApp chat services to break barriers, create opportunities, and drive meaningful change”.

Pippa Yeats,

Co Founder, Turm.io

Selection criteria

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Who should apply?

Social Enterprises who want to accelerate their chat service growth and impact with guidance, mentorship, and hands-on implementation support.

We are looking for Social Enterprises working in Kenya, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Uganda, Senegal, and Nigeria and other low-income regions that have a clear business case or Theory of Change on how they could use a chat solution on WhatsApp to improve the economic agency of women.  The organisations must be able to commit to the building and continued development of their chat service and have the time, resources or team to accomplish this goal.

Programme mentors

Launch new message flows in minutes by downloading from a community library designed for impact

Pippa Yeats

Chief Strategy Officer, Turn.io

Behavioural change, service design and gender expert.

Lieze Langford

Head of Accelerators, Turn.io

Accelerator Programme lead and Go to market expert.

Nathan Begbie

Solutions Engineer - Turn.io

Communications and Content Design

Vitor Cairoli

Enterprise support, Turn.io

Dedicated Support on Turn.io product.

Indrani Vedula

Impact Partnership - Turn.io

Accelerator Facilitator

Manish Manohar

Solutions Engineer - Turn.io

Solutions engineering and technical integrations for chat services.

Titania Veda

Conversational designer - Turn.io

Communications and Content Design expert.