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Investing in women entrepreneurs
Enabling women’s economic participation for sustainable growth and rural development
Debate D3, Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 10:45 to 12:00

PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation
(PAFO)
ACP- EU Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation (CTA)
AgriCord
www.pafo-africa.org www.cta.int www.agricord.org
Organisers
#EDD17 #WomeninBusiness

Moderator
Michael Hailu
Director, Technical Centre for Agricultural and
Rural Cooperation (CTA)

Vanessa Erogbogbo
Head of Women and Trade Programme,
International Trade Centre (ITC)

Heike Ruettgers
Head of Mandates Management
European Investment Bank (EIB)

Lovin Kobusingye
Managing Director, Kati Farms Ltd

Marie-Joseph
Medzeme Engama
Expert on agricultural value chains,
PROPAC (Regional Platform of Farmer’s
Organisations in Central Africa)

Fatma Ben Rejeb
CEO, Panafrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO)

Advancing women’s equality could add
US$ 28 trillion to global GDP by 2025
(Source: ITC)

PROPAC / Société coopérative de manioc, autres tubercules et produits
agricoles (SOCOOPMATPA)

In 2013, the male employment-to-
population ratio stood at 72.2%, while the
ratio for females was 47.1%. (Source: ILO)

Value-added Cassava products by Société coopérative de manioc, autres
tubercules et produits agricoles (SOCOOPMATPA)

While 55 % of men report having an
account at a formal financial institution,
only 47% of women do worldwide.
(Source: World Bank Findex)

Women comprise an average of 43% of the
agricultural labour force in developing
countries. (Source: FAO)

Women-owned businesses (WOBs)
represent between one-quarter and one-
third of enterprises in the world.(Source:
ITC)

Cassava value addition by Société coopérative de
manioc, autres tubercules et produits agricoles
(SOCOOPMATPA)

It is estimated that companies with three
or more women in senior management
functions score higher in all dimensions of
organizational effectiveness. (Source: McKinsey)

PROPAC at Chefs 4 Dev – advocating value addition for local produce

In South Asia, over 80% of women in non-
agricultural jobs are in informal
employment, in sub-Saharan Africa, 74 %,
and in Latin America and the Caribbean, 54
%. (Source: UN Women)

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