The Women in Digital Business (WiDB) at AM-Steve House Training of Trainers (ToT) is inviting trainers, coaches, mentors, BDSPs, and entrepreneur support professionals from across Africa to join its inaugural program, which aims to empower 50,000 women entrepreneurs with foundational digital skills and business development tools by 2027.
The WiDB ToT Program is implemented in collaboration with the International Training Centre of the ILO and Microsoft Philanthropies, and it equips selected candidates to deliver the WiDB Digital Foundation Course in their communities or organizations.
The program offers a full scholarship to selected candidates, who will earn an official ILO WiDB Trainer Certificate, enabling them to deliver WiDB courses and earn training fees. Certified trainers will be added to the WiDB at AM-Steve House Program Trainer Pool and will receive mentoring and supervision from an ILO-certified WiDB Lead Trainer during their micro-teaching phase. The program also provides access to tools, resources, networks, and partnerships to scale impact in Africa’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
To be eligible, applicants must have experience as an entrepreneur or in supporting/coaching/training entrepreneurs, hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and be actively working with entrepreneurs in any of the 54 African countries. They must be fluent in English and able to recruit and train at least 15 womenentrepreneurs within the 6-week program period before certification. Applicants must also have proven experience in entrepreneurship training/coaching, with portfolio evidence. While the program is open to both male and female applicants, preference will be given to women applicants and to practitioners with existing BDSP licenses or equivalent certifications or those operating ESOs with proven entrepreneurial training records.
To apply, candidates must submit a CV/Resume, a training portfolio, details of their ability to recruit and train 15 women entrepreneurs within the six-week timeframe, and a motivation statement of 200–500 words. The program offers two formats: an intensive program lasting six weeks with two hours daily for one week, followed by micro-teaching, and a regular program lasting six weeks with two hours twice per week for four weeks, followed by micro-teaching.
