Discovering Stories of Resilience News

November 17, 2021

Discovering Stories of Resilience

We-Fi teams up with Thomson Reuters Foundation to tell stories of women entrepreneurs All around…

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Advancing High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies NewsWe-Fi Secretariat

November 17, 2021

Advancing High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies

Over half of women in developing countries see entrepreneurship as a path to a better…

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Digital lending expands opportunities for women-led businesses in Nigeria NewsNigeriaThe World BankWBG

November 17, 2021

Digital lending expands opportunities for women-led businesses in Nigeria

In 2003, Yetunde Adeyemi started Active Foods, a food production and distribution company, based in…

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We-Fi welcomes tech entrepreneur and think-tank as Observers to its Governing Committee News

November 4, 2021

We-Fi welcomes tech entrepreneur and think-tank as Observers to its Governing Committee

The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) welcomes the Organization for Economic…

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Closing the gender gap in Sri Lanka ADBFeatured Entrepreneurs

November 3, 2021

Closing the gender gap in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, despite a high literacy rate among women, only 32 percent are in…

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Accelerating opportunities for women-led businesses in Asia and the Pacific amid the pandemic ADBFeatured Entrepreneurs

October 20, 2021

Accelerating opportunities for women-led businesses in Asia and the Pacific amid the pandemic

Moale Vagikapi, 58, is passionate about flowers and plants. So when she left a career…

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Digitization opens new doors for women entrepreneurs in Central Asia EBRDFeatured Entrepreneurs

October 19, 2021

Digitization opens new doors for women entrepreneurs in Central Asia

When Covid-19 hit Tajikistan, it became nearly impossible for students of Gafurov College, a private…

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EBRD and We-Fi help Mongolia’s leading furniture manufacturer go international EBRDNews

September 22, 2021

EBRD and We-Fi help Mongolia’s leading furniture manufacturer go international

Mongolian businesses have the potential to produce high-quality products domestically. An entrepreneur recounts how the…

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Female entrepreneurs challenge social norms in Senegal Featured EntrepreneursFeatured StoryNewsThe World Bank

September 21, 2021

Female entrepreneurs challenge social norms in Senegal

Traditional attitudes toward marriage and family still prevail in many parts of the world. Going…

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COVID-19 highlights unfinished business of ensuring equality for women entrepreneurs News

September 14, 2021

COVID-19 highlights unfinished business of ensuring equality for women entrepreneurs

The enormous setback driven by the pandemic calls for redoubled efforts not only to close…

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We-Fi to Sponsor New Research on Female Entrepreneurship News

August 3, 2021

We-Fi to Sponsor New Research on Female Entrepreneurship

We-Fi is sponsoring the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2020/21 Women's Entrepreneurship Report, to be launched…

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New German Commitment for We-Fi, Supporting Women Entrepreneurs Around the World Featured StoryNews

June 30, 2021

New German Commitment for We-Fi, Supporting Women Entrepreneurs Around the World

New funding will boost We-Fi’s fourth call for proposal to back WSME programs June 30,…

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