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

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

Africa: Promising Youth-Led Health Innovations Across Africa Celebrated

Africa CDC’s Bingwa PLUS Y-Health Incubator Programme has awarded its first 15 grants, worth €45,000. These grants will support youth-led, community-focused initiatives that promote innovation, impact, and sustainability in addressing public health, social justice, education, and development challenges by transforming them into actionable public health solutions. The pitching contest was held from 27 to 30…

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