Digital Payments Drive Gender Equity in African Business
The push for gender equity in business has gained momentum globally, with a particular focus on economic inclusion for women in Africa. A critical area of transformation lies in digital payment systems, which have the potential to bridge longstanding gaps for women entrepreneurs and small business owners. Across sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute a staggering 74 […]
Female Founders Outperform On Every Metric But One: Getting Funded
Female founders generate 78 cents in revenue for every dollar they raise. Their male counterparts generate 31 cents. Women-led startups burn roughly 15 percent less capital per month. By nearly every efficiency metric available, companies founded by women outperform those founded by men. And yet, in 2024 and 2025, all-women founding teams received just 2.3 […]
Two Percent And Holding: Why Women Founders Still Cannot Break Through In Venture Capital
There is a number that refuses to budge in any meaningful way, and it should bother anyone who claims to care about innovation. Women founders still receive roughly 2 percent of all venture capital funding in the United States. That figure has hovered in the same narrow band for over a decade, according to multiple […]
Women-Led Businesses Are Growing Fast But Capital Still Lags Behind
Women-owned businesses are expanding at a pace that outstrips overall trends in entrepreneurship, yet the capital flowing to these companies remains stubbornly lopsided. According to a 2024 report from the Diana International Research Institute at Babson College, women now run roughly 42 percent of all businesses in the United States, up from about 29 percent […]