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

The country scores high on development metrics; it just needs to break free of dependence on commodities. 10/02/2020 Every time a region of the world goes from being poor to being rich one country tends to be responsible for getting the process started. In Europe that was the U.K., which was the first to industrialize. In East Asia

19/07/2020 Avec une formation professionnelle ciblée, le continent peut tirer profit du fort potentiel économique et industriel des données massives. Depuis vingt ans, nous assistons à une profusion de données générées par les réseaux informatiques, les réseaux sociaux et tous les objets connectés tels que les smartphones. Le stockage et l’exploitation de données massives ont conduit

The fantastic Atinuke tells us about writing Amazing Africa and reconnecting with the continent of her birth. 28/10/2019 I had such fun writing Amazing Africa. All my life I have been fascinated by continent of my birth. I am intrigued by it’s waterfalls and snowy mountains, by it’s crazy chaotic cities and blinding deserts, by

06/07/2020 Reconnu parmi les 50 meilleures innovations du continent en matière d’éducation par l’Union Africaine, le programme de leadership et de mentorat de la jeune femme africaine appelé the African Women of the Future Fellowship (AWF), initié par la fondation SEPHIS a formé durant ces deux dernières années 48 jeunes femmes porteuses de projets innovants

African women entrepreneurs can overcome the funding gap with targeted support from a new type of gender-focused investors. 29/06/2020 “If you want to change our society, you help a woman to change her life. Then the woman will change the world.” These are the words of Vera Mbongo, who runs a not-for-profit orphanage attached to

17/06/2020 Ujunwa Ojemeni is an impact investing, energy and development expert with experience in the areas of opportunity maturation, financing, and policy. At the Office of to the Honourable Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources Lagos State, she drives policies, investments opportunities and implementation strategies to deliver reliable energy to the citizens of the State.