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Leveraging Our Investment Experiences to Bridge Female Entrepreneurship Financing Gap, One Woman at a Time.

Our Impact

53

African Countries Impacted

94

Countries Impacted Globally

62,792
African Female  

 Entrepreneurs Trained 

70,000+

Women-Led Businesses

Reached

$800M

AUM of Investors

Introduced 

Featured In

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What we do

What We Do

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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 

WatchHER

WatchHER

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
  • ImpactHER is an award-winning not-for-profit organization awarded by the African Union as the Best Women SME (small and medium sized enterprises) Support Organization in Africa; we empower African female entrepreneurs by bridging the gender business financing gap so as to help them realize their full economic potential
  • Our ultimate goal is to utilize our institutional investing experience to prepare best-in-class African female market leaders.
  • We do this by training African female entrepreneurs on how to build scalable businesses and access institutional investors.
  • We believe that empowering African female entrepreneurs is critical to building the African economy and spurring economic growth.
ABOUT
ApplaudHER
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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.

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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.

Our Footprint
InspireHER

ImpactHER has trained over 62,000 African female entrepreneurs, that own small and medium-sized businesses,