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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Continent's Learning Crisis is 'Failure of Monumental Proportions'

June 28, 2022 Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »