Women-led startups continue to receive a disproportionately small share of venture capital in Africa, even as the continent’s ...

Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum Appoints Advisory Board to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Impact ...

As lenders in Nigeria increasingly use alternative data to assess creditworthiness, the meaning of financial access for ...

Six years ago, Mercy Awuniyi left her studies and hospital work in Ekiti State, Nigeria, with dreams of advancing her education and career in South Africa. What she found instead was a reality faced ...

Ani Akpe, founder of African Women in Technology, has been working hard empowering African women with skills in technology fo ...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, over 80 percent of women are self-employed, running businesses that range from family-owned farms and market stalls to tech start-ups and film production. “When women get a job ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

August in South Africa is inevitably a month that calls for reflection and introspection on the options facing women for meaningful, career-long employment opportunities. As I reflect on my journey, I ...

By Esi FLETCHERThe shop was small, quiet and newly opened. Clothes hung neatly on the racks, waiting for customers who would inevitably come and buy. Business has been good so far but Arian Simone ...

Women-owned businesses are present, capable, and building substantial companies. Yet they remain significantly ...