January – June 2025 The first half of 2025 has been a mixed bag for Zimbabwe’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). While there are signs of recovery in the economy, challenges like expensive loans, foreign currency shortages, and high operating costs continue to put pressure on many businesses. At the same time, new opportunities are opening up in farming, mining, digital commerce,...

Women are the engine behind every Back to School season.We budget, plan, shop, prepare uniforms, buy stationery, organize transport, and make sure every child walks into school ready to learn. Now it is time for women to benefit economically from that purchasing power together. At allWomen.africa, we are inviting women across Africa to share WHY they support buying Back to School supplies...

This week, I want to speak directly to you—not just as entrepreneurs and professionals, but as architects of Africa’s economic future. Across our continent, women continue to build, trade, innovate and lead. Yet, one structural barrier persists: access to capital at scale, on equitable terms and within systems designed with women in mind. This is not a gap in talent. It is not a gap...