16/09/2020 Reeta Roy, CEO of Mastercard Foundation, defied critics and steered its $33 billion to help Africans solve the continent’s challenges In 2007, a search firm contacted Reeta Roy, F89, with a surprising opportunity: Would she be interested in the top post at the year-old Mastercard Foundation? Roy, a corporate executive in Chicago, had never

07/06/2019 Despite the great enthusiasm and energy of their proprietors, small and medium-sized enterprises constantly find it difficult if not impossible to obtain finance to develop or expand their businesses. The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) works with financial institutions across the continent to help extend much needed finance to the sector. The AGF’s group chief

20/02/2020 Yemi Keri is the co-founder of Rising Tide Africa, an all-female angel group in Nigeria.  AYOTOLA “If you empower a woman, you empower a nation.” That is the driving motivation behind Rising Tide Africa, a female angel investing network co-founded by Yemi Keri and Ndidi Nnoli-Edozien in Lagos, Nigeria. While any early stage entrepreneur working

21/07/2020 Geraldine Matchaba, Head of Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing at Standard Chartered. Looking at Covid-19 through a gender lens Our world has undoubtedly been changed forever by the Covid-19 pandemic, as all efforts are focused on slowing down the increase and mitigating the impact of this silent enemy that has spread across the