POWER UP FUTURES
Foundation
Power Up Women Africa

Discover your position. Unlock your pathway. Advance with capability.

One ecosystem. Multiple pathways. Structured advancement.

Start My AssessmentSee how it worksFounding 1000 Fellowship
Positioning

Power Up Women Africa is a continental advancement and opportunity platform enabling African women to understand their position, build verified capability, access relevant pathways, and advance into careers, enterprise, leadership, influence and economic participation.

Your PUWA Journey

Five stages, one structured advancement path

1. Discover
Entry, interest, aspiration
2. Align
Positioning, not registration
3. Access
Pathways, scholarships, communities
4. Activate
Programmes, sessions, mentoring
5. Advance
Recognition, leadership, capital
The Assessment places you on this journey. It takes under 5 minutes and is designed to identify your opportunity profile and readiness level.
Where you enter

Three entry points into the full profile detail

Career & Professional Advancement
Direction, employability, distinction and advancement — for emerging women and advancing professionals, plus the career-track elements for educational leaders.
Enterprise & Economic Advancement
Revenue, structure, scale and capital readiness for enterprising women.
Leadership, Influence & Knowledge
Executive and institutional leaders, educational leaders and knowledge multipliers, and distinguished fellows and mentors.
Six participant profiles

Every woman enters somewhere specific

Emerging Women
Start with clarity. Enter with confidence.
Direction, employability, scholarship visibility.
Advancing Professionals
Compete for distinction, not just progression.
Positioning, advancement, competitive edge.
Enterprising Women
Build with structure. Grow with strategy.
Revenue, scale, capital readiness.
Executive and Institutional Leaders
Lead, influence, and be recognized at the highest level.
Influence, governance, continental leadership standing.
Educational Leaders and Knowledge Multipliers
Lead through knowledge. Influence through excellence.
Faculty leadership, curriculum influence, knowledge transfer.
Distinguished Fellows and Mentors
Earned recognition — not open enrollment.
Recognition, mentorship, continental convening.
The differentiator

Capability you can carry with you

  • Capability record — a portable, evidence-backed record of your skills and readiness.
  • Capability Maturity Profile (CMP) baseline — an honest starting point.
  • CMP-Verified — independent confirmation that your growth is real, not self-reported.
The Capability Journey
Recurring series

Career × Business × Capital Series

Career × Business × Capital Series — a recurring PUWA activation and pathway series on the road to the Power Up Women Africa Summit — Track A of the GSTLW Global Week of Summits.

Certified Women. Structured Impact. Continental Leadership.
Series and Summit