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Pan-African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN) equips African women with the tools, support, and networks needed to lead and succeed in business and careers.
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Years of Impact
Across Africa, women continue to face structural barriers that limit their full participation in economic and leadership systems. According to the World Bank, women entrepreneurs face an estimated $42 billion financing gap, while fewer than one in four senior leadership positions across the continent are held by women. These constraints limit access to capital, markets, and decision making spaces, slowing growth and excluding women from shaping the institutions and economies they sustain. PAWEN exists to change this reality.
We design and deliver high impact programs that equip African women with the competence, confidence, and connections to grow businesses, lead institutions, and shape systems.
Supporting women to start, grow, and scale profitable, sustainable, and investment ready businesses through practical training, mentorship, and access to networks and capital.
Preparing women to lead teams, organisations, and institutions by strengthening executive capability, strategic influence, and board readiness.
Empowering women farmers and agri entrepreneurspreneurs to build climate resilient enterprises, access markets and finance, and lead the transformation of Africa’s agri food systems.
Recognising and celebrating African women driving excellence and impact across entrepreneurship, leadership, and social change, while reshaping narratives around women’s leadership and impact.
Behind every number is a woman, a story, and a future transformed. Hear directly from our alumnae.
