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"Gender equality in investment matters and there is greater urgency for us to improve the representation of women in the investment ecosystem. " WE>MI graduate cohort member Shiluba Mawela from Dignity Partners writes about the positive impacts of investing in women in the financial sector:

Why women are investing in women and how that can help us build a better world More women in Africa’s impact investing ecosystem equals more investments in women – and better outcomes for entrepreneurship, equality and the economy.

In 2020, MiDA Advisors supported and proudly announced the launch of the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF) Initiative along with Standard Bank Group and the UN Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA) supported by BADEA the ARAB Fund for Economic Development in Africa. It was established with the aim of creating a sustainable investment platform to grow the number of women asset managers on the African continent.

This initiative aims to strengthen the economic empowerment of African women by accelerating the growth of African women fund managers. It will help address the fundamental gap in women managers’ access to the private and public investment ecosystem.

Look out for an exciting announcement next week.

MiDA Associate Director Yeabsira G. Zewdie co-authored an article with Southern African Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SAVCA) Program Manager Melanie de Nysschen on the importance of women inclusivity in the financial sector: "In our professional experience, we’ve both worked with female entrepreneurs and have seen how they can use small amounts of seed capital to grow successful SMEs. Imagine what women could do if we played a larger role in distributing capital to female founders, helping them scale and bring more products, services and jobs to the market with women in mind." Read more:

Changing the Gatekeepers: Why Female Fund Managers Are the Key to Unlocking More Inclusive Capital - NextBillion Just around 10% of senior investment professionals are women – here's why increasing that number would benefit female entrepreneurs.

MiDA Advisors celebrates and commits to furthering Africa’s sustainable inclusive growth that is intentional about equity, opportunity, and impact.

last year, MiDA was proud to announce an innovative investment mechanism enabled by USAID - US Agency for International Development. We continue to support USAID’s efforts on investor mobilization, education, market research, and direct exposure and access to investment opportunities in across the African continent.https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.129/4p8.4a4.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PR-US-African-Pension-Funds-Coinvestments.pdf

MiDA, SAVCA and USAID celebrated the kickoff of the Investment Support Facility segment of the WE>MI program with our 11 dynamic women fund managers. We were honored to host Treasurer Adam Cloud of the City of Hartford as our first speaker to share his perspective on investing in Africa.
https://www.midaadvisors.com/wemi/

We celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as we work towards a world that is equal for all.

Among our many successful 2021 events, MiDA was honored to co-host the launch of the Asset Owners Forum South Africa, which includes some of the largest pension funds in South Africa aiming to collaborate on investments that support local econ development: https://bit.ly/3sDj6AP

MiDA Advisors wishes our clients, partners, and friends a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season surrounded by loved ones!

As we on reflect this year, the women behind WE>MI from both MiDA Advisors and SAVCA discuss the importance of WE>MI, women's economic empowerment, and what the programme means to them:

The Women Behind WEMI: A Conversation with MiDA Advisors and SAVCA

USAID INVEST’s Vanessa Holcomb-Mann and MiDA CEO Aymeric Saha discuss an innovative bond issuance that will help boost homeownership across West Africa earlier this month. Read more:

This Bond Could Be a Breakthrough in Combatting West Africa’s Housing Shortage For most West Africans, homeownership is out of reach. Rapid population growth and urbanization have created a housing shortage…