African women in business Archives

By Hortense Mudenge, Chief Strategy Officer of Rwanda Finance Limited Last year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index report ranked Rwanda as first in Africa and sixth in the world for gender parity. At 82%, Rwanda also has one of the highest female labour force participation rates globally, with women comprising 41% of professional and technical workers (World Bank, Gender Data Portal, 2022). Furthermore, Rwanda has the highest proportion of women in parliament globally, with women holding 61.3% of seats in the lower house of parliament as of 2022, and the most women in ministerial positions. However, as yet in 2023, no country in the world has achieved full gender parity. In July, Rwanda had the honour of hosting the Women Deliver Conference 2023 and welcoming 6000 deleg...

(Left to right: Leanne Manas, South African Award winning Journalist and TV Presenter; Devi Sankaree Govender, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist and Ille Potgieter, Managing Director, M&C SAATCHI ABEL) Making a comeback for the seventh year, the biggest annual Standard Bank Top Women Conference gathered over 14 000 delegates to celebrate and empower African women in business. Under the theme ‘Rise Above the Noise’, the biggest virtual conference, hosted by Topco Media in partnership with Standard Bank, took place from 12 - 13 of October, topping social media charts for three days in a row. Filled with progressive panel discussions, fireside chats and keynote addresses, the conference delved into topics affecting women such as Women and Finance: Enabling Women’s Economic Empowe...

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Empowering women through investment and financial inclusion

The Annual Top Women Conference is Accelerating Africa’s Growth by Empowering Female Decision-Makers