Africa: Fields, Funds, and Digital – How Women Are Driving Africa’s Economic Future

Africa: Afrishela Fund’s Alternative Credit Assessment – Another Promising Approach to Narrowing the Gender Financing Gap

Insights from the World Bank GROW Expo Despite women contributing nearly 40% of Africa’s GDP, they receive less than 7% of private equity and venture capital funding–and only a fraction of that reaches women-led SMEs. At the recent World Bank’s GROW Expo in Uganda, the Graça Machel Trust’s Afrishela Fund challenged this disparity with a…

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Africa: Fields, Funds, and Digital – How Women Are Driving Africa’s Economic Future

Africa: Startups With Female CEOs Struggle to Raise Funds, Report Reveals

Nairobi — Start-ups in Africa that are led by women continue to face major challenges in raising capital, particularly as they seek later-stage funding, according to new data from Africa: The Big Deal, a U.S.-based newsletter tracking start-up investments across the continent. In a report titled ‘Disappearing Women’, co-author Max Cuvellier Giacomelli highlights a persistent…

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