Rwanda: Why Women-Led Businesses Are Still Less Likely to Secure Funding

17 November 2020

The rise of small and medium scale entrepreneurship is now ever evident with mushrooming business incubation and accelerator programmes. The Government is also placing focus on women. Nevertheless, funding of women-led enterprises remains scarce.

Women entrepreneurs in Africa, according to the African Development Bank, face a funding shortfall of $42 billion.

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