An Assessment of Women Owned Enterprises in Developing Countries
This report is part of a wider study that aims to unpack the contribution of Gender Lens Investing in women’s economic empowerment, and builds on the existing literature on the understanding of the finance gap for women-owned enterprises in developing countries. It is based on insights gathered from 200+ women entrepreneurs across Kenya, Rwanda, India […]
Sankalp Africa Summit Post-Event Report 2020
This is a post-summit report from the Sankalp Africa’s 7th Africa Summit held in Nairobi Kenya. 1268 delegates from nearly 40 countries met to discuss, deliberate, and collaborate on the role of entrepreneurship in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2020 summit celebrated some of the most promising enterprises from across the continent. Agriculture, Livelihoods, […]
Equity, Inclusion And the Evolution Of Venture Finance
Commitments to gender and racial representation in financial markets have been escalating over the past several years, from Goldman Sachs to the International Finance Corporation. And it’s no wonder, research from McKinsey & Co. has indicated that companies in the top quartiles for ethnic diversity are 35 per cent more likely to generate higher than […]
Women in African Investments
The Organisation supports women fund managers through networking, knowledge-sharing and awareness-building to catalyse gender-equitable economic growth in Africa. Members include senior executives at DFIs, PE/VC funds, Philanthropic funds, FinTech intermediaries, Family Offices and Market development organisations. The WAI Group makes women fund managers visible, holds our industry accountable and combats inequalities in access to capital. […]
A Toolkit to track Gender Diversity at your workplace
Know that gender diversity is good for business. Creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce makes good business sense, positively impacting your bottom line. Diverse leadership teams boost innovation. Research by McKinsey shows that more gender-diverse companies do 15% better financially and companies with greater ethnic and racial diversity have 35% greater financial returns. […]
The State of Women’s Economic Rights Worldwide
While significant progress has been made over time, women still face entrepreneurship and employment barriers. In fact, on average around the globe, women have just three-quarters of the legal economic rights granted to men. Equal opportunities are important not only from a human rights perspective, but also from an economic perspective. When women are able […]
Meet the Women that make up our Global Leadership Network
We search the world for women leaders with daring vision for change, and partner with her to make that vision a reality. Read More here: here
Survey to explore growth barriers faced by Female Entrepreneurs in East
Despite experiencing capital and cultural constraints women continue to pursue entrepreneurship as a path to financial freedom for themselves and their families and in doing so have found innovative ways to keep their businesses running. This research is unique as it is one of few studies that looks at women entrepreneurs from a regional perspective, […]
Key Insights from the Latest Gender Lens Investing Report
Much like the larger umbrella of impact investing, gender lens investing — investing to generate financial returns and a positive impact on women — continues to grow. Exactly how big is this field, and how fast is it growing? Project Sage 3.0 has these answers. It is the latest report that collected data through 2019 […]
Funding women entrepreneurs: How to empower growth
“Funding women entrepreneurs: How to empower growth”, prepared by the joint EIB and European Commission InnovFin Advisory, provides a sound market overview of the funding landscape for women-driven businesses. It assesses the access-to-risk-capital conditions for these firms and analyses trends in venture capital funding for women-led and women-founded companies in the EU, the United States […]