Women Creating Wealth Intergenerational Edition (WCW-I)
A three-year initiative that aims to transform Africa’s economies through a gender-responsive enterprise development system.
Status
closed
Period
February 2023 - February 2026
The program seeks to accelerate and sustain improvements in quality of life for women and young people by supporting women-led businesses. Graca Machel Trust will scale its successful women entrepreneurship model to support 5,000 African women-led enterprises in Kenya, Senegal, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa. As these women-led enteprises grow, they will create 125,000 work opportunities for youth (70 percent young women).
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5,000
Supporting 5,000 African women-led enterprises.
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6 Countries
This program spans across 6 countries, Kneya, Senegal, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa.
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125,000
As these enterprises grow, they will create 125,000 work opportunities for youth.
Women Creating Wealth (WCW): A Collection of Stories by African Women Entrepreneurs
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For the past 10 years, the Graça Machel Trust has made its mission to help African women entrepreneurs deal with the challenges they face and get to a point in their businesses where they create wealth.
In partnership with Graça Machel Trust
Nurture caring societies that value social justice, promote and protect the rights of women and children.
