Djembe understands the importance of innovation and development in Africa for job creation and entrepreneurship to create skilled employment by resolving issues of poverty and gender inequality.

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January 11, 2022

Storytelling: the missing rib of Africa’s innovation ecosystem

Working on the frontier of public relations, innovation policy and startup ecosystem-building, I learnt that anything related to communications does not weigh equally with fundraising, talent acquisition or product-building on…
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June 10, 2021

Covid-19, the Sub-Saharan Digital Economy & the power of mobile money services

The adoption of digital technologies in Africa since the dawn of the last decade has surpassed expectation and raised global commentary. For a continent that significantly lags in terms of…
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December 22, 2020

DRIVING INNOVATION INCLUSIVITY – WOMEN, YOUTH, AND INFORMAL MARKET

Many livelihoods were severely affected overnight when movement control orders caused by COVID-19 struck Africa’s vast informal sector. What needs to happen to help this sector of entrepreneurs to get back on their feet, stabilize and grow?   In…
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Recent Client News

January 25, 2023 in Client News

eWAKA Secures a 500 000 CHF Loan from Swiss SECO Start-up Fund

Financing to Power Strategic Growth Initiatives and Promote Shujaa Rollout in 2023 eWAKA, one of Africa’s most promising sustainable mobility startups, has received strategic support from the State Secretariat for…
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January 25, 2023 in Client News

Zayed Sustainability Prize Opens Submissions for 2024 Cycle

Small and medium enterprises, non-profit organisations and high schools invited to submit entries before the 2 May 2023 deadline The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award for recognising…
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January 25, 2023 in Client News

10 Winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize Honoured

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, President of the UAE, presented awards to the 10 winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize today. The Prize’s Awards Ceremony coincided with…
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December 1, 2022 in Client News

ShEquity Invests in Woman-Owned and Led Financial Inclusion Startup Owoafara

Investment Represents Significant ShEquity Milestone as the Firm’s Maiden Special Purpose Vehicle Fund is Now Fully Vested  Lagos, Nigeria – 1st  December 2022 – ShEquity (the “Firm”), a gender-lens investment…
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August 11, 2022 in Client News

Zayed Sustainability Prize 2023 Demonstrates Global Reach and Impact with over 4,500 Submissions

US$3 million Prize attracts 4,538 submissions from 152 countries High number of entries in Food and Health categories reflect need for more resilient food and health systems in response to…
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June 13, 2022 in Client News

USAID Trade Hub Partners with ShEquity to Catalyze Investment in Women-Owned or Led Businesses in West Africa

A Gender-Lens Investor, ShEquity Aims to Close the Gender Funding Gap in Africa by Providing Smart Investment to African Female-owned and Led Businesses   With a $1.2 million co-investment grant from…
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