Cartier Women's Initiative – Middle East & North Africa Award
A global fellowship for women impact entrepreneurs whose Middle East and North Africa award is open to Saudi founders, with equity-free grants of up to USD 100,000.
[ What you get ]
Grants of USD 100,000 / 60,000 / 30,000 for the top three per region, a year-long fellowship with media training, INSEAD women's impact entrepreneurship programme, coaching and an in-person awards week.
[ Who it's for ]
Women-led, for-profit impact businesses with USD 50k–5M annual revenue, 5–250 staff, under USD 2M dilutive funding raised, majority founder-owned; Saudi founders compete in the MENA region.
- Run by
- Cartier
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Hybrid
- Where
- Remote
- Duration
- One-year fellowship
- Stages
- Seed · Series A
- Sectors
- Impact · General
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:cartierwomensinitiative.com