gender-lens investing

The 1% Problem: Why Female-Founder Programs Keep Failing

Leave a Comment / Accelerator Industry / Joshua Pi'Rwot

Women-only African startups got 0.9% of funding in 2025, the worst in years, despite a decade of programs. The uncomfortable fix: stop accelerating women toward capital that says no.

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Gender-Lens Investing: Capital First or Capability First?

Leave a Comment / Policy & Capital / Joshua Pi'Rwot

Billions are mobilised for women founders, yet women-led African firms get under 7% of venture funding. Why the $42bn ‘gap’ conflates two different problems, and the honest sequencing fix.

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gender-lens investing

The 1% Problem: Why Female-Founder Programs Keep Failing

Gender-Lens Investing: Capital First or Capability First?

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