{"id":385723,"date":"2025-04-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=385723"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:57:24","slug":"brics-launches-competition-for-women-led-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brics-launches-competition-for-women-led-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"BRICS launches competition for women-led startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rio de Janeiro \u2013 The Brazilian presidency of BRICS \u2013 a bloc currently comprising 11 countries \u2013 is launching a competition to boost female entrepreneurship as a driver of economic development and sustainable innovation. The initiative aims to highlight women-led businesses that provide practical and innovative solutions to challenges faced by their communities and markets. Applications are open until May 4, 2025, and must be submitted through the official <a href=\"https:\/\/brics.br\/pt-br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> of the Brazilian presidency of the bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BRICS Women\u2019s Startups Contest 2025, as the competition is called, is held in collaboration with Sebrae, which promotes the competitiveness of small businesses, industry group CNI, and the BRICS Women Business Alliance (BRICS WBA). The initiative aims to attract up to 2,000 applications, highlighting the reach and significance of the action in strengthening female entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition is open to women-led startups from BRICS member countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates) and partner nations (Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan). Startups from Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Lesotho, Zambia, and Zimbabwe may also participate, provided they operate in BRICS markets or present solid expansion plans for BRICS member or partner countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates can compete in six main categories: Health and Well-being; Agriculture and Food Security; Education and Skills Development; Energy, Infrastructure, and Mobility; Trade, Services, and Digital Transformation; and Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 18 finalists will take part in a technical mission to Rio de Janeiro from July 1 to 8 this year, with all expenses covered, including airfare, accommodation, and a cash prize. Throughout the week, they will have the opportunity to visit innovation hubs, present their projects to investors and business leaders, and attend the BRICS Business Forum awards ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/we-the-women-are-many-and-we-are-arabs\/\">We, the women, are many, and we are Arab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-385720\">Supplied\/BRICS WBA<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Startups led by women from member countries and partner nations can apply until May 4 for an award aimed at promoting female entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2315,"featured_media":385720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3066],"tags":[50679,10245,52881,26758,52880,28711,2354,52882],"class_list":{"0":"post-385723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-brics-en","10":"tag-brics-womens-startups-contest","11":"tag-concurso-en","12":"tag-contests","13":"tag-startups-en-2","14":"tag-women","15":"tag-women-led-startups"},"wps_subtitle":"Startups led by women from member countries and partner nations can apply until May 4 for an award aimed at promoting female entrepreneurship.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}