{"id":21063,"date":"2025-09-22T08:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/sb_session\/women-in-finance-panel-aids-vanishing-act-the-next-play-for-women-led-sme-fintech-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:00:28","slug":"women-in-finance-panel-aids-vanishing-act-the-next-play-for-women-led-sme-fintech-funding","status":"publish","type":"sb_session","link":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/women-in-finance-panel-aids-vanishing-act-the-next-play-for-women-led-sme-fintech-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Women In Finance Panel | Aid\u2019s vanishing act: The next play for women-led SME &amp; fintech funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A looming $31bn drop in global aid this year threatens to put pressure on credit and support systems for women-led SMEs and fintechs. Only around 2% of African startup funding (~$10m) went to female founders in Q1 this year amid a $49bn financing gap for Africa\u2019s women-led businesses. Despite scarce funding, some women-founded businesses are breaking through: in 2025, South Africa\u2019s Naked raised $38m, and Kenya\u2019s Pula secured $10m to insure smallholder farmers. As shifting global geopolitics put international concessional finance and donor-backed guarantees at risk, how can African financial institutions bridge the gap for women entrepreneurs?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can African banks and insurers design sustainable instruments to finance women-led SMEs and fintechs post-aid?<\/li>\n<li>What role can fintech and Insurtech innovation (mobile money, alternative credit scoring) play in widening access to finance for women entrepreneurs?<\/li>\n<li>In a transactional world, what level of support can be expected from DFIs and overseas sovereign aid to develop women\u2019s entrepreneurship?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[132],"class_list":["post-21063","sb_session","type-sb_session","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-132"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Women In Finance Panel | Aid\u2019s vanishing act: The next play for women-led SME &amp; fintech funding - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/women-in-finance-panel-aids-vanishing-act-the-next-play-for-women-led-sme-fintech-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women In Finance Panel | Aid\u2019s vanishing act: The next play for women-led SME &amp; fintech funding - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A looming $31bn drop in global aid this year threatens to put pressure on credit and support systems for women-led SMEs and fintechs. 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