WEE_Interactive_Presentation

Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), a flagship initiative of the AfDB.

WOMENENTREPRENEURSHIPENABLERS (WEE)Program

3 Cohorts10 Organizations/cohort

WEE Program evolution

Progress of the Women Entrepreneurship Enablers (WEE) program over 24 months.

12,460 WSMEs

FINAL TARGET

Q4

8,971 WSMEs

Q3

8,971 WSMEs

Q2

5,866 WSMEs

Q1

3,105 WSMEs

2,761 WSMEs trained by 31st March 2023 89% of the 1st quarter target 22% of the final target

Progress timeline - WEE Program

ACHIEVEMENTS

EXPECTED RESULT

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22 Countries

10 Organizations

12,460 WSMEs

1st cohort

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19 Countries

10 Organizations

2,600 WSMEs

2nd cohort

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26 Countries

12 Organizations

26,330 WSMEs

3rd Cohort

*Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.

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WEE network in each country

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Over 100 WSMEs

This interactive* map contains information on the distribution of WSMEs from the WEE programme's first cohort in each country. It follows the following colour coding. .

WEE programme 1st cohort - No. of WSMEs

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Project description: The proposed project will strengthen the capacity of 400 women entrepreneurs Women Creating Wealth (WCW). WCW is the flagship women entrepreneurship & enterprise accelerator under the broader GMT Women Economic and Social Advancement (WESA) Program.

Countries involved: Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and South Africa

Office(s): South Africa

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Project Title: Women Creating Wealth – Know, Find & Grow Your Money

Graça Machel Trust (GMT)

Organization: Graça Machel is one of the world’s leading advocates for women’s and children’s rights and has been a social justice and political activist for many decades. She established the Graça Machel Trust in 2010 as a Pan-African advocacy organisation focused on child health and nutrition, education, women’s economic and financial empowerment, leadership and good governance.

4 Countries

400 WSMEs

Project description: The proposed project aims to increase access to funding, mentorship, and visibility for formal WSMEs, while also building the capacity and sustainability of enablers (incubators, accelerators, other entrepreneur support organizations) supporting WSMEs in Africa.

Countries involved: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo, and Guinea-Conakry

Office(s): Ivory Coast

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Project Title: LICORN’HER” Investment Readiness and Capacity Building Program for African Women SMEs (WSMEs) and Women Entrepreneurship Enablers

Impact Hub Abidjan

Organization: Impact Hub Abidjan is a start-up incubator, start-up accelerator, co-working space, and an innovation hub that provides support programs and services to entrepreneurs in Côte d’ivoire.

8 Countries

115 WSMEs

Liberia

Project description: Renforcement des capacités des PME féminines permettre de se développer et d’accéder à des financements à travers les services de conseil et de formation en compétences managériales leur permettant de sortir de l’informel et de devenir commercialement viables.

Countries involved: Tchad, Gabon, Cameroon

Office(s): Tchad

3 Countries

90 WSMEs

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Project Title: Exploiter des Nouveaux Systèmes pour Étendre les Modèles de Business des femmes Leaders et Entrepreneures au Tchad, au Cameroun et au Gabon

Centre d'Etude et de Formation pour le Développement (CEFOD)

Organization: Le demandeur chef de file, le CEFOD compte sur une expérience de plus de 50 ans de développement socio-économique au Tchad. Il dispose d’une grande et longue expérience en matière d’accompagnement des acteurs locaux et des entreprises dans la mise en œuvre des actions de développement.

Project description: a 12-month project that aims to enhance the viability and sustainability of women-led SMEs in Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania through access to finance opportunities, business support, training, webinars, and masterclasses to grow and scale their businesses.

Countries involved: Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania

Office(s): Nigeria

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Project Title: Empower Her

Lagos State Employment Trust Fund & Somo Africa

Organization: LSETF has an extensive track record of providing affordable access to financing for MSMEs through single-digit interest loans in its MSME loan program and will be deploying internal funds in addition to the financing provided by our financial institution partners.

3 Countries

690 WSMEs

Project description: The Acceleration for WSMEs is designed to build women capacity by equipping them with skills, knowledge and tools to optimize and re-focus their businesses for growth and scale-up.

Countries involved: Kenya, Cameroon

Office(s): Italy

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Project Title: WONDER: Women-led Opportunities through Networking for the Development of Entrepreneurial Resources

E4Impact Foundation Social Enterprise

Organization: E4Impact empowers passionate African entrepreneurs to build and scale strong, sustainable and innovative businesses, that create jobs and provide solutions to their country’s challenges.

2 Countries

150 WSMEs

Project description: The project bridges the finance gap for WSMEs in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa by providing comprehensive capacity skills training to support women to access finance. It also develops an innovative Training of Trainers (ToT) model to support scale & sustainability.

Countries involved: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa

Office(s): United Kingdom

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Project Title: Road to Finance (R2F) with Training of Trainers

Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Organization: By blending insights from research, strong partnerships and pioneering technology we open doors for women entrepreneurs to skills, confidence, networks, finance and markets. We press for change to stop millions of women being held back from having the choice and opportunity to thrive.

3 Countries

100 WSMEs

Gambia

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Mozambique

Morroco

Project description: The Goal of this project is to provide Business Development Support Services including Investment readiness to 300 women MSMEs in Rwanda to equip them access more investment into their businesses. The development objective of this project include new strategies to make women led businesses investment ready, market ready and equip those women entrepreneurs with needed skills as required.

Countries involved: Rwanda

Office(s): Rwanda

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Project Title: WOMEN IN BUSINESS INCUBATION PROJECT

The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Rwanda

Organization: To promote programmes that integrate women into trade and development activities in Eastern and Southern Africa: in particular, in the fields of industry, trade and services, agriculture, fishing, energy, transport and communications, natural resources and mining with the main objective of improving the economic conditions of women in the sub-region as well as increasing the awareness of women in development and business issues at the policy level..

1 Country

300 WSMEs

Project description: The overall goal of our project is to increase the access to finance for female-owned SMEs, so that they can grow their business and create more jobs and prosperity for the African continent. We do this by increasing (the quality of) the (financial) documentation that women-owned companies can present to financial institutions and making matches for those who are investment ready.

Countries involved: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali

Office(s): Ghana

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MDF West Africa

Organizations: Since 2014 MDF has been building the capacity of (female-led) SMEs, innovation hubs, Enterprise Support Organizations, and financial institutions across the African continent.

5 Countries

1,600 WSMEs

Project description: We target to support highgrowth SMES who are expected to have internet access; some capacity-building sessions will be held physically while others will be held online. A total of 300 WSMEs and 10 Women Business Associations are expected to be supported and USD 5 million fund leveraged by 90 WSMEs.

Countries involved: Uganda, Nigeria & Burundi

Office(s): Uganda

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Project Title: Enhancing the capacity of Women Small and Medium Size Enterprises (WSMEs) for increased accessto finance and accelerated growth

Renewable Energy Business Incubator (REBi) Limited

Organization: The Incubator works to promote clean energy access in Uganda through our four major focus areas. We provide the following services: Nurturing Renewable Energy Business Start-ups, Provision of Business Development Services, Skills Development and Piloting renewable energy technologies.

3 Countries

300 WSMEs

Project description: SCALEUP AFRICA (Womenpreneurs- Bankability, Access to Finance and Growth) Project is an enterprise development SME bootcamp that will equip 1000 Female African Entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Cameroon, Zimbabwewith the Competence, Confidence, Capital, and Connections they need to access finance, improve their profitability, and scale their businesses.

Countries involved: Nigeria, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe

Office(s): Nigeria

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Project Title: Scale Up Africa

Pan African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN)

Organization: PAWEN is an innovative Ed-Tech NGO addressing gender inequality, poverty, and financial inclusion in Africa by empowering African women with the Competence, Confidence, and Connections required to succeed in Business and Careers.

3 Countries

1,000 WSMEs

Botswana

Project description: It is aimed at supporting 3,000 WSME’s in our 5 targeted countries to become investment ready. The WSME’s will be provided with specialized business development support such as; business training, planning and profiling, digital marketing, financial management and reporting, corporate governance and policy formulation. After passing through this mentorship programme, the WSME’s be connected to financiers through a digital financing tool where they can apply for funding.

Countries involved: Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania & Zambia

Office(s): Zambia

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Project Title: Investment Preparation Program (IPP)

Mooto Holdings Limited

Organization: Mooto Holdings Ltd is an investment and business advisory firm for Small Medium Enterprises operating in 5 African countries namely; Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda.

5 Countries

3,000 WSMEs

Project description: The programme is expected to reach 400 WSMEs in Africa (West, East, Northern and Central Africa) and has three components:(1) Facilitate capacity and skills training for WSMEs in target countries to improve their ability to better tap into local financial and capital markets(2) Establish an advisory Services and Support System for business, emotional and practical support(3) Facilitate access to finance through partner financial institutions in each country

Countries involved: Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt

Office(s): USA

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Founder Institute Incorporated

Organization: The Founder Institute - the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

4 Countries

400 WSMEs

Project description: It intends to deliver, in an innovative phygital (physical and digital) format, capacity building and business support programs to 800 WSMEs in the 4 proposed countries and ensure that, of the 300 selected for technical assistance, at least 50% of them get access to finance through identified Financial Institutions such as Ecobank, Orabank, UBA and Access Bank.

Countries involved: Senegal, Gabon, Rwanda, Kenya

Office(s): Rwanda

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Project Title: Wingi Business Blueprint

ENTREPRENARIUM Foundation

Organization: Founded in 2014, ENTREPRENARIUM ((E-IUM) is a leading organization whose mission is to enable African women entrepreneurs through capacity building, technical assistance, and access to finance programs in a face-to-face and highly interactive format.

4 Countries

800 WSMEs

Mauritius

Mali

Angola

Project description: un programme d’éducation financière, d’accès au financement et de préparation à l’investissement spécialement conçu pour les PME féminines en Afrique. Le programme comprend 03 composantes, à savoir : une plateforme digitale, une application mobile et un programme de renforcement de capacités.

Countries involved: Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo et Afrique francophone

Office(s): Cameroon

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Project Title: FUNDHER

WETECH (Women in Entrepreneurship and Technology)

Organization: un accélérateur et un centre d’innovation basé au Cameroun et spécialisé dans l’accompagnement des femmes dans les domaines de la l’entrepreneuriat et de la Technologie.

3 Countries

500 WSMEs

Project description: L’objectif global du projet est de renforcer la place et les opportunités de financement pour les PME féminines, créant ainsi de nombreux emplois ; et l’objectif spécifique est d’accompagner 80 PMEs féminines à travers un programme de croissance et résilience de 6 mois puis de sélectionner 8 entreprises pour participer à un dispositif de suivi individualisé et une mise en relation avec des institutions financières.

Countries involved: Mali, Niger, Senegal, Tunisie

Office(s): Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda

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Project Title: Programme d’accélération de PME (petites et moyennes entreprises) et start-ups portées par des femmes

AMI-African Management Institute

Organization: African Management Institute (AMI) est une entreprise sociale panafricaine qui accompagne des organisations ambitieuses à travers toute l’Afrique pour les faire grandir grâce à des dispositifs d’accompagnement et des outils favorisant la mise en pratique. Fondée en 2014, AMI a déjà formé plus de 42 000 à travers 39 pays d’Afrique grâce à sa présence au Sénégal, en Côte d’Ivoire, au Kenya, au Rwanda, en Ouganda et en Afrique du Sud.

4 Countries

800 WSMEs

Project description: It specifically focuses on increasing inclusive finance for women entrepreneurs on the African continent by building a network designed to connect Africa’s large-buying-organizations committed to the inclusion of women-led and owned businesses to access and succeed in supply chain.

Countries involved: Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Morocco, Libya, Madagascar, Rwanda

Office(s): Egypt

Project Title: The We Agenda

African Alliance for Women Empowerment (AFRAWE)

Organization: AFRAWE, established in Cairo Egypt, was founded in 2007 with the main objective of Empowering Women of Africa to Meet the Millennium Development Goals (DGs)(2000-2015) and currently to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (2015-2030)

14 Countries

500 WSMEs

Project description: The Consortium’s project has four objectives: 1.) increasing the viability of women entrepreneurship enablers through mentorship, capacity building and community, 2.) increasing the investment readiness of WSMEs through access to mentorship and capacity building, 3.) increasing access to funding for WSMEs through investor match-making, and 4.) increasing the visibility of WSMEs and Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa’s (AFAWA) mission.

Countries involved: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia

Office(s): South Africa

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Project Title: Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship Enablers for Stronger Women SMEs in Africa

Seedstars and GrowthAfrica Foundation

Organizations: GrowthAfrica is a growth frontier and growth partner dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs, growing ambitious and scalable African ventures and SMEs into successful enterprises through business acceleration, strategic advice and access to investments. Seedstars is an entrepreneurship enabler which envisions a world where every talented and determined entrepreneur has access to the resources that they need to grow their business and create a lasting impact in their communities.

11 Countries

1,800 WSMEs

Malawi

Tanzania

1st cohort:

• Africa Entreprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
• Garça Machel Trust (GMT)
• Seedstars and GrowthAfrica Foundation
• Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)

3rd cohort:

• Pan African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN)
• Mooto Holdings Limited
• Lagos State Employment Trust Fund & Somo Africa
• TAPBDS COMPANY LIMITED
• African Alliance for Women Empowerment (AFRAWE)

Cameroon

1st cohort:

• Growth 4 Her (Creative Space Startups, WETECH Cameroonn, The Learning Gate, Socio Capital)
• Women in Africa (WIA) *Seedstars and GrowthAfrica Foundation
• E4Impact Foundation Social Enterprise

2nd cohort:

• ImpactHER Foundation Ltd/Gte
• Founder Institute Incorporated

3rd cohort:

• Centre d'Etude et de Formation pour le Développement (CEFOD)
• Pan African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN)
• WETECH (Women in Entrepreneurship and Technology)

Project description: The ShEquity Investment Ecosystem approach includes combining cash investment and operational support through SHEBA. SHEBA serves two purposes: i) a pipeline builder for ShEquity: provide pre-investment support to get businesses to become investment ready and select the best businesses to be recommended to ShEquity investment team; ii) Business Development Facility (BDF) for post-investment value addition.

Countries involved: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria

Office(s): Ghana

Project Title: ShEquity Business Accelerator (SHEBA) Business Development Facility

MBC Africa

Organization: MBC Africa: key business development and capital raising experience, especially for agribusiness companies. MBC Africa also has a network of partners in multiple countries in ECOWAS countries.

5 Countries

300 WSMEs

Rwanda

1st cohort:

• ENTREPRENARIUM Foundation
• Seedstars and GrowthAfrica Foundation
• Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)

2nd cohort:iHUB Limited3rd cohort:

• The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Rwanda
• Mooto Holdings Limited
• African Alliance for Women Empowerment (AFRAWE)

Project description: An accelerator program targeted at building the capacity of women-led small and medium enterprises to enable them to transition to being fundable growth-stage businesses.

Countries involved: Nigeria, Cameroon

Office(s): Nigeria, Cameroon

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Project Title: Growth 4 Her

Growth 4 Her (joint project)

Organization: This is a joint application submitted by:

• Creative Space Startups
• WETECH Cameroon
• The Learning Gate
• SocioCapital

2 Countries

120 WSMEs

Ethiopia

Project description: The Nkwanzi Scaling WSMEs project aims to unlock the entrepreneurial capacity of 400 women-led enterprises and improve the AECF’s ecosystem for supporting women entrepreneurs in nine countries. By 2023, AECF will have on-boarded additional WSMEs from Somalia, Senegal, and Nigeria that will be added to this cohort.

Countries involved: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Office(s): Kenya, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, USA

9 Countries

1400 WSMEs

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Project Title: Nkwanzi Scaling WSMEs project

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

Organization: AECF is a leading development finance organisation that supports businesses to innovate, create jobs and leverage investments to create resilience and sustainable incomes in rural and marginalized communities in Africa.

Cameroun

South Africa

Senegal

Project description: The Project is aimed at building the resilience of 100 Women SMEs in Kenya, Ghana and Senegal and facilitate finance worth $3M.

Countries involved: Kenya, Ghana and Senegal

Office(s): Kenya

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Project Title: Building Resilience of Women-Owned Small and Medium Enterprisesand Championing their Access to Finance

Invest in Africa

Organization: We are a collaboration of private companies, public bodies and donor organisations that support local African businesses by improving access to markets, skills and finance.

3 Countries

100 WSMEs

Kenya

1st cohort:

• Africa Entreprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
• Transformational Business Network (Tbn Africa)
• ENTREPRENARIUM Foundation
• Seedstars and GrowthAfrica Foundation
• E4Impact Foundation Social Enterprise
• Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)

2nd cohort:

• MDF West Africa
• iHUB Limited
• Lioness of Africa Public Benefit Corporation
• Founder Institute Incorporated
• Centre for Enterprise Development and Innovation (CEDI)
• Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
• Invest in Africa

3rd cohort:

• Mooto Holdings Limited
• Lagos State Employment Trust Fund & Somo Africa
• African Alliance for Women Empowerment (AFRAWE)

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Project description: The main goal of the proposed project is to enhance the viability and sustainability of formal women SMEs to effectively take advantage of available financing opportunities to scale up their businesses. The project is divided into three respective components generated from the project objectives, namely (1) strengthening access to finance, (2) capacity building and financial linkages and (3) strengthening the enabling environment.

Countries involved: Tanzania, Burundi and Uganda

Office(s): Tanzania

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Project Title: ENHANCING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENABLERS FOR STRONGER WOMEN SMEs IN AFRICA

TAPBDS COMPANY LIMITED

Organization: Business Development experts driven by the spirit of working with entrepreneurs by providing them with innovative solutions that drive growth and sustainability of their businesses. Dedicated to transforming SMEs and cooperatives in the multi-sector settings including agribusinesses, manufacturing, service industry and retail by developing customized solutions.

3 Countries

300 WSMEs

Uganda

Project description: ’Women and finance’’ est programme d’accompagnement et d’accélération de 50 petites et moyennes entreprises féminines en Côte d’Ivoire et au Togo pour faciliter leurs accès aux financements et leur positionnement au sein du secteur des affaires au niveau régional et international.

Countries involved: Côte d'Ivoire, Togo

Office(s): Côte d'Ivoire

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Project Title: ‘’Women and Finance’’

Fondation SEPHIS

Organization: la Fondation SEPHIS s’appuie sur l’expérience de l’organisation de plus 13 ans dans les domaines de la formation et l’accompagnement des entreprises dirigées par les femmes ainsi que de l’inclusion financière.

2 Countries

50 WSMEs

Project description: The 12 month long KFRP will focus on empowering a cohort of 500 women entrepreneurs from 3 countries - South Africa, Kenya and Ghana. The aim is to unlock their entrepreneurial capacity and growth potential, and their preparedness to access growth funding, by enabling them through focused training and development sessions as part of a highly structured, digitally delivered accelerator programme.

Countries involved: South Africa, Kenya and Ghana

Office(s): USA

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Project Title: KUKUA FUNDING READINESS PROGRAMME, “Advancing Women Entrepreneurs To Advance Africa’s Economic Growth”

Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit Corporation

Organization: A social enterprise founded in 2014, advancing Africa’s women entrepreneurs, with a mission to drive large scale change so they can fulfil their potenDal, generate economic prosperity, improve their communiDes and become the game-changers Africa needs to solve pressing socio-economic problems. As a Public Benefit CorporaDon, Lionesses of Africa delivers impact at scale to women entrepreneurs, always free of charge.

3 Countries

500 WSMEs

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Zimbabwe

Project description: iHub is proposing to scale up its Women in Business project to support 200 women entrepreneurs over a 24-month period across Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda with 20 out of the 200 further supported to access funding.

Countries involved: Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda

Office(s): Kenya

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Project Title: Women In Business Programme

iHUB Limited

Organization: iHub is a pioneer tech hub in Africa founded in March 2010 based in Kenya. In 2019, iHub was acquired by Co-CreaƟon HUB thus expanding its capacity to support businesses across Africa through world-class programs and products including access to a Design Lab and Research & Development Center in Kigali, Rwanda focused on innovating for social impact.

3 Countries

200 WSMEs

Project description: to enhance the technical managerial capacity and improve credit access among WSMEs. The project has three main components: (1) Technical and business advisory, (2) Leveraging Digital Platforms for improved management, credit & markets access, and (3) Partnerships & Networking.

Countries involved: Kenya

Office(s): Kenya

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Project Title: Improving Technical, Managerial Capacity and Credit Access for WSMEs

Centre for Enterprise Development and Innovation (CEDI)

Organization: Support aspiring Kenyan entrepreneurs to build successful enterprises that contribute to sustainable development.

4 Countries

200 WSMEs

Project description: This project will reduce the constraints that women entrepreneurs in Kenya and Uganda face in accessing catalytic capital. We will achieve this through our capacity building program that will provide bespoke technical assistance to impact driven WSMEs to become profitable, scale their businesses and mobilize private sector investment.

Countries involved: Kenya, Uganda

Office(s): Nairobi, Uganda

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Project Title: Creating economic and social transformation among low-income communities through catalyzing growth of women owned Small and Growing Businesses (WSGBs) in Kenya and Uganda.

Transformational Business Network (Tbn Africa)

Organization: The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is a pan-African not-for-profit women’s economic empowerment organization that promotes and supports female enterprise and innovation across Africa through a portfolio of high impact development programmes.

2 Countries

1,000 WSMEs

Tanzania

Project description: Le projet vise à accompagner les organisations des pays cibles dont l’objet est de soutenir les PME féminines (PME f) – notamment sur le volet « accès au financement ». (associations de femmes d’affaires, incubateurs, accélérateurs, coopératives, etc.)

Countries involved: Madagascar, Cameroun, Sénégal, Gabon

Office(s): Rep. of Mauritius

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Project Title: Investir dans 4400 PME féminines d'Afrique

Women in Africa (WIA)

Organization: Women In Africa is a social impact company whose mission is to support African women entrepreneurs and leaders in their journey to impact the continent’s economy.

4 Countries

4,400 WSMEs

Namibia

Ghana

Project description: Pula will provide accessible, scalable, agriculture insurance for 20,000 female smallholder farmers and SMEs by bundling insurance with inputs purchased including; seeds, fertilizer etc. We envisage that more women farmers and agri-business owners will have easy access to bank loans and credits if they are able to give assurance of no-income loss to financial institutions.

Countries involved: Ghana and Tanzania

Office(s): Kenya

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Project Title: Promoting Access to Finance through Agri-Insurance

Pan African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN)

Organization: Pula is an agricultural insurance and technology company that designs and delivers innovative agricultural insurance and digital services to help smallholder farmers and rural clients endure climate risks, improve their farming practices, and bolster their profits.

2 Countries

20,000 WSMEs

Project description: PAWA Africa is proposing a digital financial health initiative in collaboration with Akiba Digital to onboard 5000 WSMEs who will access financial literacy and access to funding opportunities through a digital SME financial health platform.

Countries involved: South Africa

Office(s): South Africa

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Project Title: Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship Enablers for Stronger WSMEs in Africa

PAWA Africa Pty (Ltd)

Organization: Pawa Africa Pty (Ltd) is a young, vibrant and leading sustainability impact agency founded in 2015 by the current Business Executive Director, Alesimo Mwanga.

1 Country

5000 WSMEs

Nigeria

1st cohort:

• Growth 4 Her (Creative Space Startups, WETECH Cameroonn, The Learning Gate, Socio Capital)
• Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)

2nd cohort:

• ImpactHER Foundation Ltd/Gte
• iHUB Limited
• Founder Institute Incorporated
• Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

3rd cohort:

• MBC Africa
• Lagos State Employment Trust Fund & Somo Africa
• African Alliance for Women Empowerment (AFRAWE)
• Renewable Energy Business Incubator (REBi) Limited
• Pan African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN)

Project description: The proposed project aims at improving access to finance for WSMEs and will support growth-oriented women-owned/led enterprises for scale, access to markets, and investment readiness.

Countries involved: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia.

Office(s): South Africa

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Project Title: Solutions catalysing increased access to capital for the success of women entrepreneurs

Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)

Organization: The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is a pan-African not-for-profit women’s economic empowerment organization that promotes and supports female enterprise and innovation across Africa through a portfolio of high impact development programmes.

7 Countries

510 WSMEs

Kenya

Project description: AccelerateHER, is an ImpactHER financing accelerator, strategically designed for African female-led businesses to access capital while also being provided with skills training, and advisory/mentorship to strengthen and empower African female-led SMEs. AccelerateHER employs a structured multi-layered intervention model to accelerate businesses financially by providing holistic business support to African female-led businesses and adequately equipping with the skills, tools, and relationships required to access institutional funding.

Countries involved: Cameroon, Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria

Office(s): Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Mozambique and Tunisia.

4 Countries

800 WSMEs

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Project Title: Strengthening Women Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa Through HolisticSupport for Business Growth and Access to Finance

ImpactHER Foundation Ltd/Gte

Organization: ImpactHER is committed to empowering African women entrepreneurs by providing them with the necessary digital training and resources to grow their small and medium-sized businesses.

Ivory Coast

Rwanda