Our Impact
What We Do
ENGAGE
With African female business owners to determine and address the challenges they encounter in running their business
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TRAIN
African female business owners on how to build scalable best-in-class businesses and to be investor-ready
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POSITION
African female-owned businesses to be market leaders
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Why HER?
“A $300 billion gap in financing exists for formal, women-owned small businesses, and more than 70 percent of women-owned small and medium enterprises have inadequate or no access to financial services.” ― Ifc.org
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ImpactHER is an impact driven nonprofit organization that seeks to empower African female entrepreneurs by bridging the gender business financing gap so as to help African female entrepreneurs realize their full economic potential.
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Our ultimate goal is to utilize our institutional investing experience to prepare best-in-class African female market leaders.
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We do this by training African female entrepreneurs on how to build scalable businesses and access institutional investors.
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We believe that empowering African women entrepreneurs is critical to building the African economy and spurring economic growth.
Monica Musonda
Founder & CEO, Java Foods
Zambia
Java Foods was founded in 2012 with the objective of providing convenient, affordable and nutritious foods made from local products.
Akosua Annobil
Founder, TechInGhana
Ghana
Tech in Ghana (TIG) is a leading platform bringing together Ghana’s Tech Ecosystem for global knowledge sharing, valuable networking, and to showcase innovation.
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Charlyn Kentaro
CEO, Kentaro Hair Organics
Uganda
The Good Hair Collective brand is for those who recognise quality and are aware of the risks of cancers from too many chemicals in hair products.
ImpactHER has trained over 4,000 African female entrepreneurs, that own small and medium-sized businesses, across 38 African countries.
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Lagos, Nigeria
Nairobi, Kenya
New York, USA
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Drop us a note: hello@impacther.org