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- Pierrette Kouakou, CEO of Fin’Elle (2nd from right), a key AFAWA partner and recipient of part of the $1 billion in resources to reduce the gap in access to finance for Africa’s women entrepreneurs. AFAWA-backed entrepreneur Clementine Kassi (far right), Esther Dassanou, AFAWA Manager (2nd from left), Benard Chitunga, AFAWA (far left), with Sophie Chassot, Gender Expert, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (center). Paris, November 2022
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African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (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) (http://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 the bank following an historic summit last week to tackle the escalating challenges…