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Futuremakers Women in Tech Program 2025
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Equitable Access to Essential Services
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Learn about the Standard Chartered Futuremakers Women in Tech Program, which supports impact-creating, tech-enabled, women-led startups in building thriving businesses across ten markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan. The initiative’s goal is to enable 360 young, women-led startups to overcome financial, social, and cultural barriers to business growth, creating jobs in their communities. Learn more and apply.
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Solutions Built to Last (and Loop)
In Europe, startups are using insects, land data, and satellite AI to drive circular economy solutions that can scale while restoring ecosystems.
Lived Experience Drives Startup Innovation
Founder-led startups rooted in personal struggle drive smarter, empathetic solutions – reshaping immigration, maternal care, and financial access with AI and heart.