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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 07, 2022
Africa: Climate Change and Child Rights in Africa - Impact and Accountability
H.E. Ms Graça Machel - Chair, International Board of Trustees of ACPF 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 10, 2022
Africa: Graça Machel - 2022 Lifetime African Philanthropy Recipient
The Graça Machel Trust is delighted to announce that its Founder, Mrs Graça Machel is this year's Lifetime African Philanthropy 2022 Recipient. Mrs Machel was… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Unpacking the Impact of Covid-19 Reports From Zimbabwe and Uganda
According to a UN Women Report on the impact of COVID-19, it not only had a profound shock on our societies and economies, but the pandemic also underscored society's reliance on… Read more »
Africa: Investment for Trade, Towards a More Resilient Africa
According to United Development Programme (UNDP), the COVID 19 pandemic exposed the risk of offshoring production of Africa's basic needs. From vaccines and PPE to wheat and oil,… Read more »
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 »
July 17, 2022
Africa: "Why Has Society Normalized Inequality in All Aspects of Life?" - Graça Machel
Everyday inequality-related issue contributes to the death of 21,300 people. And this is a conservative estimate of the victims resulting from hunger, extreme weather events due to… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Africa: Finally, a Spark of Hope in Women's Financial Inclusion
The Graça Machel Trust was established in 2010 as a Pan-African advocacy organisation that tackles structural barriers to change the way public and private institutions… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: Continent's Learning Crisis is 'Failure of Monumental Proportions'
June 28, 2022 Read more »
June 16, 2022
Africa: Protecting Children Is Our Collective Responsibility
"We should be respectful, but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities" - Graça Machel, Founder - The… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Africa: Bridging the Gender Gap and Digitising Informal Markets
The Digital gender gap continues to expand across emerging markets. As a result, there is a rising need to address digital gender equality with targeted approaches, particularly… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Africa: Govts Urged to Stamp Out the Horror of Witchcraft Accusations Against Children
Witchcraft accusations and ritual attacks against African children are hidden and ignored, yet are one of the most gruesome forms of violence against children. Read more »
May 30, 2022
Africa: The Graca Machel Trust Welcomes Ms Shiphra Chisha As Its New Director of Programmes
The Graça Machel Trust welcomes Shiphra Chisha as the new Director of Programmes. Ms Chisha's tenure began on Monday, 23rd May 2022. Her appointment clearly reflects the… Read more »
May 23, 2022
Africa: Why We Need to Promote Female Leadership in Financial Sectors
Africa continues to be positioned as one of the fastest-growing leader in financial inclusion initiatives, with several markets at the forefront of establishing use cases for the… Read more »
April 07, 2022
Uganda: Eulogy for Peninah Ngategize Eulogy - Graça Machel Trust
Dr Peter Ngategize, family and friends of Mrs Peninah Ngategize - On behalf of the Founder of the Graça Machel Trust, Mrs Graça Machel, the Board of Trustees, the… Read more »
April 04, 2022
Africa: Research Project to Get Rural Girls in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania Back Into School
Scaling up accelerating learning models for out of school children Read more »
Africa: The 7th African Day of School Feeding Spotlights Nutrition
The 7th African Day of School Feeding is celebrated 01 March 2022 to ensure that the COVID pandemic does not reverse the gains made in 2019, which saw 65.4million children… Read more »
April 01, 2022
Africa: Angaza Awards Recognizes Female Senior Executives in the Banking and Finance Sector in Africa.
Launched in October 2020, Angaza Awards Recognizes Female Senior Executives and Emerging Leaders in the banking and finance sector in Africa. This year's event is all set for… Read more »
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