One year on from the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s deepest concern has been that women-led businesses have been strongly affected, underlying a stark economic reality for women businesses in Africa. To support women’s businesses, aid their post-Covid-19 recovery, and close the $42 billion financing gap for African women across business value chains, Comesa has provided the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP), which is accessible at www.womenconnect.org or as an app on the Google Play and Apple stores. “The 50 Million African Women Speak platform is a practical solution to help women in the region to start afresh, or, to simply start,” Comesa Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe said. She added, “Women can use the platform to access tools for business training, mentorship and financial products. To popularise the platform, Comesa has launched the '30 Days of Women in Business’ campaign to celebrate women entrepreneurs in the region and offer them an opportunity to connect with their role models using the 50 Million African Women Speak platform.

Source: The Star March 08, 2021 09:22 UTC