Womens Empowerment in Africa: Building Successful Female Entrepreneurs
Women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment continue to be key focus areas of development initiatives and action in Africa. While an increasing number of women occupy leadership positions in political, social and economic sectors, this has not translated into the overall empowerment of women.
The Experiences and Challenges of Women in the SADC Region the Case of Trade and Agriculture Sectors
SADC region. Across the world, evidence suggests that trade is an engine of growth (US Government Fact Sheet 2008). Agriculture on the other hand remains central to poverty reduction in the region. It provides a livelihood, including subsistence, employment and income particularly for the majority of the people living in rural areas. According to the […]
Regional Integration in Southern and Eastern Africa A Review of Informal Cross Border Trade
Regional integration has a long history in Africa, revealing that the reasons or objectives for integrating have been evolving over time. In many cases, the motivation behind regional integration was driven by the political decolonisation of Africa, although some exceptions can be noted where economic motives triggered the initiative. The Southern and Eastern Regional Economic […]
Smallholder Farmers Access to Agricultural Finance in Southern Africa
Smallholder agriculture is the backbone to most countries in Southern Africa – this sector holds the potential for addressing the poverty trap among the rural population. Access to finance is a major limitation in commercialisation of the agriculture sector in most countries. Smallholder farmers in these countries have been excluded from participating in the mainstream […]
What happens in an outcome-based financing model when a major crisis hits?
With over 5 million recorded cases of COVID-19 across the globe and cases rising exponentially in many regions, the impacts of the pandemic are reverberating across sectors. While governments have put in place measures to ensure the health and well-being of the populations they serve, the nature of the virus and the measures being implemented to protect […]
Aavishkar Group Impact Report 2020
The Aavishkar Group Impact Report 2020 is derived from women stories across the Group organizations, each recounting their own impact journey and in the process, embodying the role played by the Group in building the impact ecosystem. Download the full report here.
12 Steps To Implement ESG Reporting At Your Company
Companies report that one of the biggest challenges to advancing sustainability is embedding it deeply within operations, strategies, and supply chains. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting is designed to do exactly that. By linking business outcomes to the SDGs, ESG reporting gives us the ability to harness the power of the global economy to […]
Financing Water Impact
This toolkit provides information that helps entrepreneurs understand the key components needed to successfully finance an enterprise that tackles socio-environmental challenges within the water, sanitation, waste and sustainable agriculture sectors. Explore the tools and content
ICRW GENDER OPPORTUNITIES EXPLORER
The Gender Opportunities Explorer highlights opportunities to better integrate gender in the operations and supply chain of an off-grid energy or energy application company. This interactive catalogue is relevant for companies working in the agriculture, energy access and health sectors. These tools for the off-grid energy sector can be used to explore gender opportunities, screen […]