To close the 30-year global market gap, the African economy needs an injection of$100 billion to accelerate socio-economic growth. But for leading venture capitalists, startups and entrepreneurial organisations in Africa – this means dedicating more support and funding to female-founders, who, in addition to facing racial and gender-based biases and wealth disparities, must overcome significant barriers to capital raising via limited knowledge and networks. Join us for this fireside chat, where we’ll be discussing how gender-lens investing is key to unlocking the full economic potential of the continent, and the steps African leaders need to take to make it happen.

“Women have to paint the perfect story in order to get financing. We won’t close the 25x gender investment gap in our lifetime – particularly if most of the effort is going into the narrative as opposed to investment” – Heather Parker, Consultant at LevelUp.

Watch the full panel recording for key insights on Gender-lens Investing in Africa.

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