Tag: women
African Development Bank Calls on Governments to Support Africa’s Women-led Businesses
By African Development Bank Published October 21, 2022 African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion introduced African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to a new partnership set to increase financial inclusion for women-led enterprises across the continent. At…
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Financial Institution Empowers Women-Led Businesses
By Irene Gaitirira Published October 3, 2022 Ecobank has launched a programme called Ellevate to support women-led and women focused businesses in Kenya. Though women own about one-third of all registered Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), they lack access to high quality, demand-driven financial services; it is estimated that women-owned…
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