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Briding the finance gap for women in Africa

AFAWA (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) is a pan-African initiative to bridge the $42 billion financing gap facing women in Africa.

Why AFAWA?

AFAWA’s approach challenges the gender gap in access to finance and liberates women’s entrepreneurial capacity in Africa

Targets and Achievements to Date

$5 billion
of Access to credit for Women SMEs
$2 billion
African Development Bank instruments
$3 billion
Guarantee Mechanism (G4G)
4,115
Guarantee Mechanism (G4G)
4,115
Guarantee Mechanism (G4G)

Briding the finance gap for women in Africa

AFAWA (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) is a pan-African initiative to bridge the $42 billion financing gap facing women in Africa.

AFAWA ambassadors

AFAWA (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) is a pan-African initiative to bridge the $42 billion financing gap facing women in Africa.

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