We’re looking forward to hosting the global community in the vibrant city of Kigali to accelerate progress on gender equality! African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, CON, CGH

The African Development Bank Group is creating a "Women’s Financing Index" to track the level of lending to women across Africa to get the financial help they need. Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, CON, CGH Rama Yade Dr Hippolyte Fofack African Export-Import Bank - Afreximbank Vanessa M. Moungar Denise NYAKERU TSHISEKEDI Oulimata Sarr modernghana.com/news/959028/un…

What to expect from the Global Gender Summit 2019, taking place in Kigali on Nov 25-27. Hope you can join us! ⁦African Development Bank Group⁩ afdb.org/en/news-and-ev…

Tous mes vœux de succès dans votre nouvelle mission Excellence ! Puissiez-vous faire rayonner davantage le Rwanda. Respects.

CONGRATULATIONS! We have found our top 3 Africa Business Heroes: Christelle of @waterrwanda, Temie of @lifebanknigeria and Omar of @nawahscientific! To all our top 10, you made Africa proud. Shine on! #ANPI2019

Today and everyday, @Entreprenarium celebrates Women Entrepreneur's resilience and innovation! We wish you all a magnificent Women's Entrepreneurship Day! #WED2019 #GEW2019

To all the audacious women who dare to think big and to take action! #WomenEntrepreneurshipDay

Wonderful news!! Can’t wait to see our @Entreprenarium community benefit from this platform!

“Our workforce has over 65% women. women are coming & we‘re taking deliberate actions to encourage them. It’s just a matter of time things will begin to change”- Kennedy UZOKA #2019GGS #AfricasGlobalBank

Two sisters decided to return to their family home to start a coffee farm, years after losing their family during the genocide in #Rwanda. Remarkable entrepreneurs, they decided to work hard, to #EmpowerWomen and their community. An #AfriCanDo #Agribusiness success story #GGS2019

What a first day of the #2019GGS here in #Kigali. Impactful conversations with Dr. Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, CON, CGH, President of African Development Bank Group, and our Founder, Kristine Ngiriye, about the state of women’s access to finance in Africa and the solutions to reduce the financing gap for women entreprises.

@Entreprenarium presents funding mechanisms to support #women entrepreneurs in #Africa by African Development Bank Group #AFAWA guarantee scheme, FinDev Canada Invest2Impact Africa, DFIs, banks ... at #2019GGS lots of euphoria & skepticisms. Let’s use the opportunity & show them what women are made of!

"98% of us pay back our loans and yet commercial banks do not trust us. When they do, they impose 15% interests rates. Enough with #WomenEmpowerment lip service, more #Financing !" Women send a strong message to bankers, DFIs during @Entreprenarium session. #GGS2019 #AfriCanDo

"Investir dans les femmes parce qu'elles sont fiables, les statistiques le prouvent" soutient la fondatrice d'@Entreprenarium, Kristine Ngiriye qui défend la #ReussiteAuFeminin et investit 2,9 millions de dollars dans les entrepreneuse en #Afrique ! #AfriCanDo #GGS2019

Meet an amazing woman who dares to do HARD things with tenacity and elegance all along the way..! Absolutely well deserved Marcia Ashong 💕

A lesson for Africa indeed!!!

H.E. President Sahle-Work Zewde is selected as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women if 2019 by ForbesWomen forbes.com/profile/sahle-…

The only AFRICAN woman on the list...

YES, be proud and celebrate your strength, your tenacity!!! As a woman, I celebrate the fact that you DECIDE to see good in your future when the society was trying to define you by your failures!!

The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) is supporting the joint program World Bank Africa and UN Women Africa #Senegal supports women entrepreneurs access to public procurement by working on policy, skills ,financing and access to information #armp #der #Kebetu