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🚀 Closing the Gender Financing and Technology Gap: Key Takeaways from the 2X Global Summit 🚀 At the 2X Global Summit held last month in Nairobi, key stakeholders gathered to strengthen efforts for more gender-smart and inclusive finance. MEDA co-hosted this impactful event, with a special focus on how to leverage technology to overcome the information and financial divides faced by women-owned SMEs, particularly in rural areas. 🌱 Here are our top 5 takeaways from the Summit: 1️⃣ Women-led businesses need more finance and trust, not more training. 2️⃣ Flexible, early-stage investing is crucial for women tech entrepreneurs. 3️⃣ Agtech can be transformative for rural women farmers and MEDA's partnerships with agriBORA and Irri-Hub KE are making important strides in this space. 4️⃣ Innovative financing models rewarding sustainability must be prioritized. 5️⃣ Standardizing and mainstreaming gender-lens investing is key. 🔗 Read the full blog by Lindsay Wallace and Omoneka Musa Oyier to explore more insights: https://ow.ly/YHO950TGc5s 👏 Special thanks to 2X Global and to our panelists Joyce-Ann Wainaina (Chui Ventures), Hilda Moraa (Pezesha), Tekwane Mwendwa (Leja), Rose Goslinga (PULA), Sheila Monyenche (Irri-Hub KE ), and Phian Karange (agriBORA) for their incredible insights! Photo credit: 2X Global #GenderEquality #ImpactInvesting #AgTech #FinTech #WomenEntrepreneurs #2XGlobalSummit
Great blog, Lindsay Wallace! I really enjoyed the key takeaways and the way you used hyperlinks throughout the text—I found myself diving deeper into the topics. Thanks for sharing!
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