AfDB to Increase Funding to $2 Billion for Women-Owned Small Businesses
Through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced plans to boost its finance support for women-owned small companies from $1.7 billion to $2 billion. At a workshop on bankable business ideas for young people and women in agriculture held in Abuja on Monday, Marie Akin-Olugbade,…