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AfDB Celebrates Women's Day By Spotlighting Women Entrepreneurs

In celebration of International Women's Day, and to mark the rollout of the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) Guarantee for Growth program, the African Development Bank and the African Guarantee Fund are putting the spotlight on women supported by the AFAWA Guarantee for Growth program - an innovation aiming to unlock up to $3 billion in loans to women-led small and medium-size enterprises (WSMEs).

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These African women running their own businesses are taking part in an online panel event, co-organized by AFAWA and the African Guarantee Fund, on Monday 8 March.

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