Founded in 2013 by Delphine Remy-Boutang, the JFD has become in 10 years a key growth accelerator that mobilizes public, private and media actors in Europe and Africa. It is within a powerful pan-European and pan-African network that JFD connects and honors women, encouraging them to dare, innovate and undertake.
Since its first edition, JFD has welcomed more than 500,000 people inspired by its 700 speakers, trained 6,000 talents and reached 15 million people around the world through its major annual events. Now more than just an event, JFD launches initiatives and takes concrete action to reduce gender inequality and reveal and support a new generation of leaders ready to shape our future. Among them, les Margaret & Margaret Junior Awards, the Margaret Foundation, the JFD Club, the White Shirts Movement and the JFD Manifesto for an Inclusive Digital World.
You are a female founder or co-founder of a tech startup for the “Entrepreneur” category.
You are a female employee and you developed a project in agreement with your employer while remaining an employee for the “Intrapreneur” category.
You are a citizen of a European or African country, your project is innovative and respond to societal issues.
Les Margaret 2022 will receive a media exposure worth 1 million euros, mentoring & coaching sessions by our partners, public speaking opportunities in Europe and Africa, a one-year membership to the JFD network, etc.
You are a young girl aged between 7 and 18 years old.
You are a citizen of a European or African country, your project respond to a major societal issue with a technology and highlights your entrepreneurship spirit…
or your creativity through computer programming, an app, a game or the use of a technology in the development of a prototype.
Les Margaret Junior 2022 will receive a media exposure worth 1 million euros, mentoring, coaching sessions and workshops by our partners, public speaking opportunities in Europe and Africa, a 1,000 euro scholarship, etc.
Finalists for the Margaret 2022 Awards will be pre-selected by JFD and then presented on February 10, 2022 to a jury that will elect four winners in each category:
Entrepreneur Europe
Entrepreneur Africa
Intrapreneur Europe
Intrapreneur Africa
Junior Europe
Junior Africa
THE AWARD CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE IN PARIS DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 8, 2022.
“Elles changent le monde” by Delphine Remy-Boutang, introduces to the general public 60 women in tech who reveal themselves to inspire the next generations. Among them, the young architects of tomorrow’s world that JFD has discovered over 10 years of fieldwork.
This book raises awareness among the general public, and in particular among young girls, of the opportunities offered by tech and innovation, deconstructs gender stereotypes and opens up the path to success to as many people as possible.
An insight view into the status-quo, the challenges, the initiatives developed in various European countries to empower women as an key factor for sustainable competitiveness
Last March, we learned in the pan-European JFD x BVA study “Digital Equality: shaping the future with new leaders” that preconceived ideas are still alive
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The inauguration of JFD GABON on March 23, 2021 was broadcast live from Libreville by JFD, Gabon 24 and ACA TV Radio in 17 countries in Africa. The event attended by more than 20,000 Internet users was held in the presence of local and international personalities.
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With the kind support of Maison Champagne Ruinart
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