African Development Bank’s AFAWA and Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative Convene Partners to Advance Financing for Women Entrepreneurs

The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) hosted a four-day learning event focused on practical ways to improve women entrepreneurs’ access to finance and other economic opportunities across Africa.

Hosted jointly with the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), a World Bank-hosted partnership, the 22-25 September session brought together representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the Islamic Development Bank and the World Bank Group, as well as the We-Fi Secretariat. The African Development Bank’s Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility, which also receives We-Fi financing, participated.