Open Capital Advisors, Growthafrica, Miller Center, and ANDE cordially invite you to an evening of networking and safe socializing. Don’t miss out on the networking reception.
ANDE and Oxfam are co-hosting the Policy Round Table on Creating an Enabling Environment for Women-led Impact SMEs in Kenya.
As we reflect on what we learned and reminisce on the memories that we made during our time in Bangkok, the ANDE Team has put together a list of three key takeaways from each plenary panel session, workshop and break-out session.
Climate change and gender inequality are among the world’s most pressing and complex development challenges. Women are catalysts for innovative solutions to tackle climate change. However, their underrepresentation in decision-making processes and labour markets means that women are prevented from fully contributing to climate-related planning, policy-making and implementation. Recently, WUSC joined partners in celebrating the development of a new roadmap for climate finance and marked the culmination of a unique project at the intersection of climate finance and gender implemented by a consortium of partners including ANDE and AKFC and generously funded by Global Affairs Canada. The purpose of the Roadmap is to present recommendations to donors on how to facilitate women climate entrepreneurs’ access to appropriate climate finance, contributing to greater equality and inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa while advancing innovative and transformative women-led climate solutions.
The #MadeinWAF Francophone convening aims to promote the role of SGBs in local manufacturing and production, with an emphasis on boosting public and private sector investment in agro-processing.
Ems Schnee joined ANDE in December 2022 and serves as the Senior Grants Specialist. Ems brings expertise in grants and project management from years of working in the non-profit sector. Ems passion lies in working towards reform of justice systems that deny individuals fair treatment as it relates to the intersection of race, gender, sexuality,…
"This report offers a trend analysis of women’s entrepreneurship in 50 countries, five global regions and three national income levels. We focus on four key themes in the first half of the report, followed by a closer analysis of region- and country-specific patterns in the second half. The four themes are (1) gender differences in rates at various points in the entrepreneurial lifecycle, from intentions through to startup activity, new business, established business and business exit; (2) gender differences in COVID impacts, both positive and negative; (3) structural inequalities and women’s participation in high-potential startups; and (4) factors in the enabling environment that likely influence gender differences in entrepreneurial activity.
Our findings offer insights to a diverse audience of researchers, policymakers, educators and practitioners. Our goal is to highlight areas where women entrepreneurs have made significant progress, where the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their business outcomes, and where there are still gaps, challenges and opportunities that can be better addressed."