AFAWA Hits $1 Billion Investment Milestone in Lending to Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
AFAWA was launched in 2015 in Dakar during the first Feed Africa conference (Dakar 1 Africa Food Summit) The African ...
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Lionesses of Africa’s Business Confidence Report celebrates African women entrepreneurs’ optimism about business
Women entrepreneurs in Africa are expressing widespread optimism and continuing resilience despite the prevailing economic climate, according to the 2022 ...
Call for Applications: AFAWA Initiative 2nd Call for Proposals for the Women Entrepreneurship Enablers program
The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative is launching its second call for ...
Call For Proposals: AFAWA – Women Entrepreneurship Enablers Program (get between $100k & $250k grant)
The African Development Bank Group, established the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), a flagship initiative that specifically ...
AfDB earmarks $100,000 to fund 2022 African Green Revolution Forum, announces Judges for Agripreneur Competition
This year, AGRF’s GoGettaz competition that offers $50,000 in prizes to young “agripreneurs” running Africa's most innovative and scalable business ...
Call For Applications: AfDB, AFAWA Initiative For Women-owned Businesses
Deadline: July 18, 2022 The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) and the African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) Affirmative ...
AfDB to introduce first women beneficiaries of AFAWA Guarantee for Growth program
The AFAWA Guarantee for Growth program targets financial institutions to increase their appetite to lend to women who are known ...
AFAWA, African Guarantee Fund, partner to unlock $1.3 – $2 billion loans to women entrepreneurs
The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program has agreed a partnership with the African ...
Exploring Optimal Leverage to Obtain Financing for African Women SMEs
Esther Dassanou manages the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), an initiative of the African Development Bank to ...
African Women Entrepreneurs start businesses faster than those anywhere else in the world – AFAWA Coordinator
Conversation with Marieme Esther Dassanou, Coordinator of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa programme Marieme ...
