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UN announces support to digital solutions to accelerate economic recovery of women enterprises
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund with partners FMO, Visa and the Government of Canada are pleased to announce the winners of the Women Enterprise Recovery Fund. The 10 winners, which include technology providers, FinTechs and commercial banks, will receive financial and technical support over the next 12 months to pilot and test their innovations. The solutions developed by the 10 winners will support women entrepreneurs to access and use digital solutions and finance technologies which support business recovery and growth.
16 Jun 2021
Act Change Transform (Act!) is a local Non-Governmental Organization whose mission is to facilitate the empowerment of marginalized people and communities in Kenya and neighboring countries, to become active participants in their development by enabling them to: stand up for their rights; demand good governance in the management of resources; participate in decision making processes; peacefully resolve conflicts; and sustainably manage natural resources. Act! does this through implementing partners, offering them capacity development, management of grants so that value for money is achieved and providing strategic leadership in national advocacy for the benefit of women, youth, people with disabilities and other marginalized communities.
Monday, 11 January 2021, 3:52 pm
Bangkok (
ESCAP news) – The United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund
(UNCDF), with support from the Dutch Entrepreneurial
Development Bank (FMO), the Government of Canada, and Visa
Inc. have launched a ‘Women Enterprise Recovery Fund:
Promoting and Upscaling Digital Solutions for Enhancing
Women Enterprise Growth and Resilience’.
“Through
this Fund, we will support innovative business solutions
that address the constraints faced by women enterprises in
South and South-East Asia. These solutions are especially
crucial today as we know women enterprises have suffered
disproportionately from COVID-19. Now is the opportunity to