female entrepreneurs

Improving women’s access to finance could boost global economic output by up to $28 trillion by 2025, according to the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

More and more venture capital (VC) firms and angel investors are wising up to the opportunity in investing in the region’s female founders. Despite the largely virtual deal-making environment over the past year due to COVID, women-led startups have secured multimillion-dollar rounds across a multitude of sectors.