
Esther Dassanou
@mdassanou1
Director Gender Programs @Mastercard Fdn Women’sEmpowerment #Women’sFinancial Protection #A2F4Women co-author of #SheforShield. Views discussed here are my own
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06-05-2014 19:01:00
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« There is no pride in begging for food » President Akinwumi A. Adesina at #AfricaFoodSummitDakar2 African Development Bank Group



AFAWA with support from @WeFi enables the growth of women cooperatives in the cashew nut sector in Tanzania through the Empowerment of Women in Africa (EWA) through Femmes Africa Solidarité. Signed Yesterday at the Dakar2 Feed Africa Summit. #AFAWA #WSMEs

Women Cooperatives are critical to addressing food security and sovereignty in Africa. During Dakar 2 Feed Africa summit, AfDB’s AFAWA Initiative signed with Femmes Africa Solidarité with support from @WeFi for the growth of women in the cashew sector in Tanzania. #AFAWA


team #AFAWA heading for their retreat ! It was so good to see you all this morning in #Abidjan I am very proud of the amazing work you do! #teamspirit is indeed a core value of the African Development Bank Group


As African Development Bank Group's #AFAWA program kicks off its first finance series in West Africa aimed at women-led #SMEs, #MetroTV presenter Kwasi Afriyie asks why the program chose Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City to host and "deal with" #Ghana's "low people." - AFAWA's Esther Dassanou educates, informs. #IWD2023

“Women are better borrowers. So it is more profitable to lend to women than the male-led businesses” - Audrey Abaka (Head of SME Agency Banking and Partnership, Absa Bank Ghana )


“If we are able to encourage women to upscale, to expand as a result of access to funding. If they have the funds to expand, then we can correct the notion of women businesses not being profitable.” - Yvette Richardson (Country Manager, SG Home of Business SG GHANA HOME OF BUSINESS )


“I believe that when women are given the support and necessary impetus, they’re able to do well and we’ll see the rippling effects on the economy and even on the continent as a whole.” - Justice Sagoe (Head of Department of MSME Lending and Deposits Mobilisation, Letshego Ghana


150 women in Kenya, Cameroon to benefit from Affirmative Fund by Africa Development Bank citizen.digital/news/150-women… Alphonso Van Marsh Esther Dassanou African Development Bank Group

Funding women: AFDB funding 150 women entrepreneurs in Kenya and Cameroon. Program seeking women with least entrepreneurial networks #FridayNight Lillian Nzisa Muli





Congratulations to all the #AfricanBankerAwards winners! A special shout out to Letshego Nigeria - winner of the 1st "#AFAWA Bank of the Year" award for its commitment to financing women-led #SMEs, and to #AfDB presenters Malado KABA, Vincent Nmehielle and Akinwumi A. Adesina!


