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WomEng
WomEng is a non-profit organization based in South Africa, focused on promoting gender diversity in engineering and technology across over 22 countries. It aims to attract, develop, and retain female talent in these fields through targeted programs and initiatives.
Overview
What WomEng does
What WomEng is
WomEng is a non-profit organization based in South Africa, focused on promoting gender diversity in engineering and technology across over 22 countries. It aims to attract, develop, and retain female talent in these fields through targeted programs and initiatives.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2006
- Approximate age
- About 20 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 2, 2026
Official channels
Find WomEng elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
WomEng as a community
Community overview
WomEng is a social enterprise founded in 2006, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The organization focuses on developing high-skilled girls and women for the engineering and technology industries. WomEng aims to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce by promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and providing mentorship and leadership development opportunities.
Community focus
WomEng invests in initiatives that support women and girls in engineering and technology. Their services include awareness training for career opportunities in engineering and tech, employability training for female engineering students, and support for female founders and innovators in STEM through incubator and accelerator programs.
Member value
Members benefit from various programs that enhance their skills in STEM, leadership, and entrepreneurship, as well as networking opportunities through events and workshops.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community, bootcamp, fellowship, and incubator
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Africa
Community activity
Events and activity
WomEng organizes various events, including the Biomedical Engineering Unpacked Workshop for high school girls, WomEng Connect virtual happy hours for networking, and fireside chats discussing professional registration challenges in South Africa.
Common questions
What to know about WomEng
Upseed classifies WomEng under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 2, 2026
Known limits
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