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Access Bank in partnership with ScaleUp Africa has hosted leading women across Africa in a virtual Pan-African Women Conference to highlight the importance of creating an enabling environment that helps women to thrive.
The conference formed part of activities marking the sixth anniversary of Access Bank’s flagship ‘W’ Initiative.
Riding on this year’s International Women’s Day theme, “Choose to Challenge”, the virtual conference had over 1,500 participants joining from various countries on the continent.
ScaleUp Africa is a Pan-African enterprise development agency focused on innovative strategies to help women-owned SMEs go global.
Addressing participants in her keynote at the conference, the 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Addo Awadzi mentioned the advocacy to empower women has been long and seen tremendous progress with many women occupying leadership roles but there are challenges that need to be surmounted to ensure more women achieve thei
Enygma Ventures invests $650,000 in PremierCredit
Enygma Ventures has announced its final investment of 2020 into PremierCredit, an online microlending platform operating in Zambia and Zimbabwe, which has extensive plans to grow and serve the SADC region.
L to R: Eugene Mwila and Chilufya Mutale, founders of PremierCredit“After an extraordinary year it has been incredible to see women-owned businesses still thriving and creating expansion plans despite the pandemic” said Sarah Dusek, managing partner and co-founder of Engyma Ventures.
PremierCredit has a proven track record of supporting the informal sector and making informal trading possible for many by providing timely and appropriate loans to help businesses thrive. Since 2019, PremierCredit has been offering micro loans in Zambia, supporting local entrepreneurs and small scale traders, many of whom are women, increasing their access to capital and the ability to grow their businesses. With the support of its partner ban