{"id":15150,"date":"2022-04-21T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=15150"},"modified":"2022-04-20T10:33:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T08:33:43","slug":"africa-women-led-start-ups-raised-28-million-in-funding-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2022\/04\/21\/africa-women-led-start-ups-raised-28-million-in-funding-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: Women-led start-ups raised $28 million in funding in 2022"},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nIn Africa, start-ups led by women mobilized $28 million in financing in the first quarter of 2022, the Ecofin Agency learned from a recent publication by the Africa platform: The Big Deal. This amount represents 1.5% of the $1.8 billion in funds raised by African startups over the period.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nFor the platform, this percentage \u201cis the lowest of the last three years\u201d. \u201cIn Africa, a small part of the funding goes to start-ups led by women,\u201d she adds. Between 2019 and 2021, these raised $381 million out of a total of $7.4 billion raised by all African start-ups.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThe highest fundraising by women-owned businesses is $288 million, dating back to 2021. Although this amount is &#8220;incredibly low&#8221;, representing 6.5% of the $4.4 billion raised by start-ups that year, it is still the highest compared to the years 2020 (2.4% of funds raised out of $1.7 billion mobilized) and 2019 (3.9% of funds raised out of a total of $1.3 billion).\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nThese data hide strong disparities between countries. Within the \u201cbig four\u201d which brings together the four major African states in terms of fundraising (Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt), Kenya shows the best performance. In 2019, start-ups led by women captured 29% of total funds raised compared to 17% in 2019.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nEgypt posted the worst performance. \u201cOf nearly $900 million raised by start-ups in the country between 2019 and 2021, less than $4 million (0.4%) was raised by women-led businesses,\u201d laments Africa: The Big Deal.\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":116,"featured_media":11199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[702,713,699,1246,746,493,501,497,616,784,936],"location":[505],"class_list":["post-15150","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business","tag-economic-analysis","tag-economy","tag-egypt","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-finance","tag-kenya-3","tag-nigeria-4","tag-south-africa","tag-startup-2","tag-women","location-africa"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/37Uc1E0","have_related_news":"done","chapo":"<p class=\"p1\">Between 2019 and 2021, companies headed by women raised less funds in Africa. 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