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African women entrepreneurs benefiting from AFAWA's $1 billion investment in Africa.

African Development Bank’s 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 Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) (https://bit.ly/3sggisg) initiative has reached a landmark $1 billion in approved funding designated for lending to African  women entrepreneurs. This is yet another milestone for […]

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African woman smiling, promoting women’s access to finance for SMEs.

AWIEF And African Development Bank’s AFAWA Join Forces To Increase Access To Finance For Women SMEs

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) and the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have joined forces to drive increased access to finance and markets for women-owned and women-led small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) across Southern, East and West Africa. The new  AfDB […]

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