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⏰ Deadline Extended: EWA Grow 2026

To allow more time for applications, the deadline for the EWA Grow Programme 2026 by EIT Food has been extended.

EWA Grow is a 6-month programme supporting women in Cyprus who want to develop or grow a business in the agrifood sector. 🌱

📅 New deadline: 11 May 2026 (23:59 CEST)

Who should apply?
✔️ Women based in Cyprus exploring an agrifood business idea
✔️ Women developing early-stage startups (≤3 years)

What you gain:
• Weekly 1:1 mentoring
• 20+ hours of training
• Financial support of up to €1,000
• Opportunity to win up to €10,000

👉 Learn more & apply: https://tinyurl.com/ewagrow26

For questions and application support 📩 [email protected]

On 27 March, we hosted the “Plan Smarter, Not Harder: Digital Marketing & Ads” workshop in collaboration with PromoGoat at The Base by CyprusInno 🧠🚀

Together with early-stage founders and startup teams, we explored how to approach digital advertising more strategically.

Across the session, we focused on key questions every startup should ask before investing in ads:
💡 Is paid advertising the right move at this stage?
📊 What should you test, validate, or refine first?
🧭 How do you turn limited budgets into clear, structured action plans?

A few key takeaways stood out:
🎯 Strategy comes before spend
✔️ Many startups benefit more from positioning and testing than immediate paid campaigns.
🧠 Real challenges, real feedback
✔️ Founders brought their actual problems and received direct input and guidance from expert trainer Andreas Anastasiades, Co-Founder of PromoGoat.
🛠️ Hands-on beats theory
✔️ Using PromoGoat tools, participants built messaging, mapped campaign ideas, and shaped practical marketing strategies in real time.

A big thank you to all founders who joined us and made the session so interactive and insightful. 💛