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April 18
Africa: How Eleanor Ayuketah Ngochi Is Transforming Africa's Media Landscape
Changing the narrative, balancing stories to improve the lives of Africa's women and children positively: An interview with Eleanor Ayuketah Ngochi, a Women in Media Network… Read more »
April 15
Africa: Reflecting On the Launch of the New Women Creating Wealth Agricultural Value Chains Programme
On the 4th April 2024, the Women Creating Wealth team proudly unveiled its Agricultural Value Chains Programme in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg Centre for… Read more »
April 10
South Africa: Opening Doors for Women in Farming - Key Highlights From the Fair4all Project Workshop
The Graça Machel Trust team recently visited Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, to host a two-day capacity-building workshop for women-owned small, medium and micro… Read more »
March 27
South Africa: Igniting Change - Highlights From the Pan-African Adolescent Girls Jubilee
On March 19, 2023, the Graça Machel Trust's Adolescent Girls Movement Programme hosted its 3rd annual Pan African Adolescent Girls Jubilee. The hybrid event provided a… Read more »
March 22
Africa: Spotlight On Women Entrepreneurs - Successful Investor Showcase
In a bustling hall illuminated with the spirit of innovation and empowerment, the Afrishela and Women Creating Wealth Programme's investor showcase stole the spotlight as a beacon… Read more »
December 18, 2023
Africa: Highlights From the Women Creating Wealth and Afrishela Investor Showcase
In November the Graça Machel Trust held an Investor Showcase session in Johannesburg South Africa. This was organised by our two programmes; Women Creating Wealth (WCW) and… Read more »
December 05, 2023
Africa: Michelle Obama, Melinda French Gates, and Amal Clooney Convene Leaders Committed to Eradicating Child Marriage
Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, global philanthropist Melinda French Gates, and leading human rights lawyer Amal Clooney convened influential leaders and… Read more »
November 01, 2023
Africa: Empowering Women for Climate Action - the Legacy of Graça Machel Trust Scholars
Leiden University (Netherlands) formally recognised Mrs Graça Machel's unwavering commitment to women's and children's rights in Africa and beyond with an Honorary Doctorate… Read more »
October 18, 2023
Uganda: Women Entrepreneurs, Market Leaders and Policymakers Unite for Knowledge Sharing, Accelerating Business Development
Recently, the Graça Machel Trust networks, the women's business community, government ministries, sector leaders and women's associations convened to create and launch a… Read more »
September 19, 2023
Southern Africa: Graça Machel Trust's SADC Regional Convening Explores Digital Finance for Women's Financial Inclusion
The Graça Machel Trust (GMT) convened the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Convening to discuss the importance of digital finance in promoting women's… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Africa: Women Leading in the Financial Sector - Role Models and Inspirational Leaders
Women's financial inclusion has long been a critical driver of untapped economic growth. Bridging the funding gap for women-owned businesses in Africa and advocating for policy… Read more »
July 25, 2023
Tanzania: No Woman Left Behind - Graça Machel Welcomes Deputy Governor of Bank of Tanzania to Expert Leaders Group
HE Graça Machel, veteran human rights and gender equality advocate and Founder of the Graça Machel Trust, officially welcomed Mrs Sauda Kassim Msemo as the member of… Read more »
June 13, 2023
Africa: Helping Women Entrepreneurs to Start Creating Inter-Generational Wealth
Achieving gender equality, women's empowerment and youth participation is integral for economic growth on the African continent. Research has shown that money in the hands of women… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: Women Creating Wealth Launches a Book Which Has a Collection of Stories By African Women Entrepreneurs
Africa is believed to have the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs. Despite the challenges women face in many African countries, they make remarkable strides in… Read more »
May 23, 2023
South Africa: Graça Machel Trust Partners With FASSET to Transform Women's Businesses
On 22 May the Graça Machel Trust's Women Creating Wealth (WCW) Enterprise Development Programme is proud to partner with the Finance, Accounting Services Sector Education… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Southern Africa: The Fair4ALL Project - Supporting Efforts to Increase Opportunities for Women Small-Scale Producers
For many years, the Graça Machel Trust has worked with women-led farmers to propel them beyond subsistence farming into viable businesses that participate equitably in the… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: Message From the CEO - 2022, a Year of Transformation
At our core, we are an African-rooted organisation led by African women, who are co-creating solutions to some of the Continent's biggest challenges together with the communities… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: Graça Machel Trust - Expert Leaders Group (ELG) in Financial Inclusion
The Expert Leaders Group (ELG) is a high-level expert group of strong African women leaders in the finance sector that are driving systemic actions to advance women's active… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Zambia: Meet Jacqueline Dube, a Driving Force Contributing to the Growth of the Textile Cooperative in Zambia
Five inspiring facts about Jacqueline Dube. Read more »
September 27, 2022
Zambia: How Cooperatives Are Enabling Women to Take Advantage of Large-Scale Textile Business Opportunities
It has been over 29 years since the Zambian Federation of Associations of Women in Business (ZFWAB), which hosts the Graça Machel Trust's Network of Women in Business… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Southern Africa: Ground-Breaking Partnerships Critical Pathway to Achieving Impact for Women Access to Finance, Graça Machel Trust CEO Tells Panel
Women's financial inclusion should include a collective effort to ensure all women have adequate access to appropriate financial products. "Women are significant contributors and… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Africa: AfCFTA Positioning Women and Youth As Drivers of Intra-African Trade
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Conference on Women and Youth in Trade, convened under the patronage of Tanzania President H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan and in… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Actions Needed to Close the Gender Financing Gap Post-Covid-19
The past two years have shown us that challenges in the financial inclusion gender gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic need to be closed for women to have equal access to… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Africa: Call for Application - Women Creating Wealth
A significant challenge women small business owners face is raising finance to grow their businesses. It is estimated that women's financing gap is $42 billion. The Graça… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: To Have a Voice Is Power - Women in Finance Leadership Series
"Women will come in their thousands and millions but will have no face. When the moment of truth comes but they will have no voice. To have a voice is power. It allows one not only… Read more »
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