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Magatte Wade is a Senegalese entrepreneur who was raised in France. She gained initial fame for a TEDTalk she made in 2017 about what she argues is an excessive regulatory environment in Africa , which forces young Africans to emigrate for economic reasons. [ 1 ]
This poses a huge challenge for women entrepreneurs seeking financing from other women, since the number of women venture capitalists has decreased from 10% in 1999 to 6% in 2014, which is why the Diana Project argues that for increasing women-led ventures' access to capital there should be more women VCs. [23]
She was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year in 2020. [21] Eweniyi was also listed on Bloomberg 50 in 2020 [22] [23] and Time' Next 100 list in 2021 for her joint contributions during the End SARS protests of October 2020. [8] In March 2022, she won the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award. [24]
In collaboration with the MTN Foundation, Women in Tech Africa organized the MTN Girl Code project in 2017. [4] This project sought to increase the number of women participating in the MTN App Challenge (an MTN initiative run annually), [5] improve the number of ladies in the coding ecosystem in Ghana and encourage the number of female in the African Startup eco-system.
The Women's University of Science and Technology, which is the first all-women's university in Kenya, allows women to access higher education and entrepreneurial training. [32] These programs have empowered women to create small to medium-size enterprises, such as tailoring and bead-making.
Indego Africa's reports to date show steady improvements in its partners' income, educational outcomes, entrepreneurial activities, and quality of life. [13] As of 2013, 69% of its artisan partners made over $1.50 a day vs. 3% in 2010; 89% reported that Indego Africa trainings helped them run their cooperatives or other businesses; 54% participated in a business outside their cooperative; 77% ...
Abena Oduro, a Ghanaian national, obtained her O levels and A levels at Aburi Girls Secondary School and Wesley Girls High School respectively, both located in Ghana. She went on to further her education in University of Glasgow in 1978 where she received an M.A.(Hons) First Class in Political Economy and Geography.
Saran Kaba Jones (born 21 June 1982) is a clean water advocate and social entrepreneur from Liberia.She is the founder of FACE Africa, an organization working to strengthen water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and services in rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa. [1]