Senior Portfolio Officer- Investing In Women At Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

Senior Portfolio Officer- Investing In Women At Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

About Us AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) is a leading non-profit development organization supporting innovative agribusiness and renewable energy enterprises to reduce rural poverty, promote resilient communities, and create jobs. We catalyze the private sector by surfacing and commercializing new ideas, business models, and technologies designed to increase agricultural productivity, improve farmer incomes, expand clean energy access, r…

Op-ed: Building Scalable, Women-Led Businesses That Drive Economic Opportunity And Improve The Quality Of Life For Women » Business Focus

By Josephine Munduru Women entrepreneurs are a powerful force in East Africa’s economies. Kenya and Uganda consistently rank high globally for female business ownership, particularly in vital sectors like agriculture and trade, which serve as cornerstones of both nations’ GDP. Despite owning nearly half of the small and medium enterprises in both countries (47% in Kenya and 38.4% in Uganda), women-owned and women-led businesses struggle to trans…