On January 2, 2024, Whole Woman Network Inc. Social Enterprise created and registered a new co-operative, "Whole Women Network Worker Co-operative (WWN Co-op), - a new distinct formal entity for our ROSCA-based Financial Literacy and Resilience Program - under a COOPERATIVE BUSINESS MODEL. Our membership portal for WWN Co-op re-opens to the public on May 1, 2024. Save the Date and learn how you can become a Member-Worker-Owner, Investor, or Community Champion/Supporter of WWN Cooperative (WWN Co-op).

BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF Whole Woman Network


13 REASONS TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! #LeaveNoSisterBehind #LeaveNoOneBehind



1. VISIBILITY – An opportunity to present and amplify your brand, products and services across our social media platforms and during our virtual and in-person events. 

Get your business and professional profiles featured in our quarterly “Celebrating Women Who Dare” and weekly “MSME Spotlight” series. Include your events, fundraising drives and community programs on our calendar.  (Refer to our Social Media Following and Rate Sheet for Members and Non-members).


2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL – As a member, you have access to various funding programs and resources. Opportunity to participate in the unique WWN’s digitized Rotating Savings And Credit Associations (ROSCAs), build your credit, and receive matching loans; access to micro loans and grants through our partners; access to various loans for small and medium business enterprises; access to low-interest peer-to-peer loans for ideating, starting, operationalizing or scaling/expanding your enterprises; opportunity to complete your grant applications in cohorts with expert guidance, and access to professional grant and loan application writers and consultants at a group discount rate.


3. BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL – Opportunity to participate in meaningful and fun networking events intentionally designed to expand your networks, build social capital and deepen value-based relationships; retreats, group trips, spa & wellness visits, movie screenings, cruises, lunch and learns, wine-tasting, cultural events, style and personal branding sessions, other members’ events etc.



4. CAPACITY BUILDING & TRAINING – Access to an array of live & virtual professional and business training, capacity-building workshops, coaching sessions and seminars, offered both in-house and by our partners of subject matter experts. Members enjoy complementary introductory sessions and significant discounted pricing for our Intermediate level and Advanced level training programs. 


•5. ROSCA-BASED, AFRO-CENTRIC FINANCIAL RESILIENCE & LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS – Access to the virtual “Whole Woman Network Academy” for our proprietary holistic coaching courses and training programs - africentric values, financial literacy and resilience courses; NLP leadership certifications; business development training programs; co-operative education, public speaking etc. Note: Each member also gets 4 additional complementary passes for 4 members of their household (16 years and above), to access introductory level Financial Literacy and Resilience Programs, as well as to participate in WWN’s digitized ROSCA Programs through Woveo.


•6. BECOME AN IMPACT INVESTOR, BUILD A LEGACY – Opportunity to join a growing select group of impact investors who are focused on generating positive and measurable social and environmental impact, alongside a financial return. As an impact investor in Whole Woman Network, you participate in profit sharing, co-create intergenerational wealth, leave an enduring legacy by supporting our mission, our members, their enterprises and glocal communities. 


•7. LEVERAGE THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TOWARDS SHARED PROSPERITY – Opportunity to pool funds through ROSCAs to enjoy economies of scale through bulk purchases of inventory and other products, and to invest in screened and well-researched opportunities, such as: businesses of members in Canada and across the global South, start ups, real estate, other traditional and alternative investments – Stocks, Mutual Funds, REITS, ETFs, MBS, Infinite Banking etc.


•8. VOICE & VOTE – In line with the co-operative values and principles of democracy and equal ownership, each member is an owner and has a voice and vote; a right to exercise their votes at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and in the overall governance and operations.


•9. PREFERENTIAL PURCHASING POLICY – Our members have first right of refusal in all our procurement processes; this means that with comparable business goods or services, WWN will give preference to members in its purchasing decisiona. WWN has also adopted the Preferential Purchasing Policy for Co-operatives, as outlined by the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation (CWCF). 


•10. UNIQUE CASHLESS, BARTER SYSTEM – Opportunity to engage in our unique barter system and exchange services with other members of the WWN community in a well-defined system based on fairness and equitable equivalence in the market value of products and services. We are committed to building an alternative, sustainable and people-centric economy that subjugates capital, and is designed for us, for us.


•11. SAVINGS ON SERVICES & PRODUCTS – Enjoy at least 20% in discounts on WWN products & services, and on the products and services of entrepreneurs and professionals in our community.  As well as various discounted pricing for products, services, booths, from our select network of sister-organizations, partners, vendors, sponsors.


•12. ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES – As a worker co-operative, democratically owned and controlled by members, our main purpose is to provide employment to our members and run our business using co-operative principles and values. (According to the Workers Co-operative Act, only members can be hired as workers).

•13. ADVOCACY [No Sister Left Behind] – In the spirit of co-operative principles and values: Solidarity, Social Responsibility, Concern for Community etc, and in line with WWN’s JEDDIA Policy anchored on 10 streams (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, Dignity, Inclusion, Accessibility, Belonging, Power as a function of Care, REST), members get the opportunity to support various community initiatives and to nominate organizations or causes to support. 


Some examples of previous projects and initiatives that WWN has participated in and supported through proceeds of ROSCAs and a percentage of profits – Tree planting campaigns; Breakfast clubs and Lunch programs; Menstrual Health and Hygiene campaigns, WASH programs, STEAM programs, Campaigns to end SGBV (with a focus on Financial Abuse), Scholarships, Grants and No/Low Interest Loans to equity-denied and underserved Youth and Women in Canada and across the global South.



Still have questions and require some clarification? Schedule to attend any of our upcoming weekly introductory sessions, and learn more about our membership programs, and investor packages, fees, benefits and processes.

Ready to join now? Click on the link below:


BECOME A MEMBER| BECOME AN INVESTOR (Membership Portal Re-opens on Apr 1, 2024).