Investing in Women. Advancing Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div>Who we are<\/h2><\/div>Afrishela: Pan-African Impact Investment Fund for Women-Led Businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>When women have access to capital that understands their realities, businesses grow, jobs are created, and communities thrive. Afrishela is a pan-African impact investment fund built to dismantle the financial barriers facing women-led businesses \u2014 unlocking growth, inclusion, and climate-smart innovation across Kenya, South Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa.<\/p>\nAfrishela \u2014 meaning “her money” \u2014 is a pioneering gender-lens investment fund built by African women for African women. We dismantle entrenched financial barriers faced by women-led businesses, channelling flexible capital and technical assistance to drive inclusive growth and climate-smart innovation across East and Southern Africa.<\/p>\nRooted in the legacy of the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust,<\/strong> we are committed to reshaping how capital is deployed, assessed, and accessed in African markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Who we are<\/h2><\/div>Afrishela: Pan-African Impact Investment Fund for Women-Led Businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>When women have access to capital that understands their realities, businesses grow, jobs are created, and communities thrive. Afrishela is a pan-African impact investment fund built to dismantle the financial barriers facing women-led businesses \u2014 unlocking growth, inclusion, and climate-smart innovation across Kenya, South Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa.<\/p>\nAfrishela \u2014 meaning “her money” \u2014 is a pioneering gender-lens investment fund built by African women for African women. We dismantle entrenched financial barriers faced by women-led businesses, channelling flexible capital and technical assistance to drive inclusive growth and climate-smart innovation across East and Southern Africa.<\/p>\nRooted in the legacy of the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust,<\/strong> we are committed to reshaping how capital is deployed, assessed, and accessed in African markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Impact Highlights<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Impact in numbers<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>0<\/span>m+<\/span><\/div>Financial linkages facilitated for women entrepreneurs with investors and funders, including through the Afrishela SPV<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Angel investors trained through capacity building events in Kenya and South Africa<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Investor showcases delivered to support Women Creating Wealth entrepreneurs across five countries in 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span><\/div>Women entrepreneurs receiving investor-readiness support through the Smart Regional Consultants partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>0<\/span>m+<\/span><\/div>Financial linkages facilitated for women entrepreneurs with investors and funders, including through the Afrishela SPV<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Angel investors trained through capacity building events in Kenya and South Africa<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Investor showcases delivered to support Women Creating Wealth entrepreneurs across five countries in 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span><\/div>Women entrepreneurs receiving investor-readiness support through the Smart Regional Consultants partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Spotlight<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a>, Featured<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Designing capital that truly fits women-led businesses<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Andia Chakava: Reframing solidarity in Africa\u2013Canada relations<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>2X Global and Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust Investor Meetup in Nairobi<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Spotlight<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Naming the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Gender Lens Investment Vehicle<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Expanding Equality in uncertain times<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>An appeal for a gendered lens in policy responses to covid-19<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":179,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9331,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/9331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Afrishela: Pan-African Impact Investment Fund for Women-Led Businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>
When women have access to capital that understands their realities, businesses grow, jobs are created, and communities thrive. Afrishela is a pan-African impact investment fund built to dismantle the financial barriers facing women-led businesses \u2014 unlocking growth, inclusion, and climate-smart innovation across Kenya, South Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa.<\/p>\n
Afrishela \u2014 meaning “her money” \u2014 is a pioneering gender-lens investment fund built by African women for African women. We dismantle entrenched financial barriers faced by women-led businesses, channelling flexible capital and technical assistance to drive inclusive growth and climate-smart innovation across East and Southern Africa.<\/p>\n
Rooted in the legacy of the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust,<\/strong> we are committed to reshaping how capital is deployed, assessed, and accessed in African markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Who we are<\/h2><\/div>Afrishela: Pan-African Impact Investment Fund for Women-Led Businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>When women have access to capital that understands their realities, businesses grow, jobs are created, and communities thrive. Afrishela is a pan-African impact investment fund built to dismantle the financial barriers facing women-led businesses \u2014 unlocking growth, inclusion, and climate-smart innovation across Kenya, South Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa.<\/p>\nAfrishela \u2014 meaning “her money” \u2014 is a pioneering gender-lens investment fund built by African women for African women. We dismantle entrenched financial barriers faced by women-led businesses, channelling flexible capital and technical assistance to drive inclusive growth and climate-smart innovation across East and Southern Africa.<\/p>\nRooted in the legacy of the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust,<\/strong> we are committed to reshaping how capital is deployed, assessed, and accessed in African markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Impact Highlights<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Impact in numbers<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>0<\/span>m+<\/span><\/div>Financial linkages facilitated for women entrepreneurs with investors and funders, including through the Afrishela SPV<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Angel investors trained through capacity building events in Kenya and South Africa<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Investor showcases delivered to support Women Creating Wealth entrepreneurs across five countries in 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span><\/div>Women entrepreneurs receiving investor-readiness support through the Smart Regional Consultants partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>0<\/span>m+<\/span><\/div>Financial linkages facilitated for women entrepreneurs with investors and funders, including through the Afrishela SPV<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Angel investors trained through capacity building events in Kenya and South Africa<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Investor showcases delivered to support Women Creating Wealth entrepreneurs across five countries in 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span><\/div>Women entrepreneurs receiving investor-readiness support through the Smart Regional Consultants partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Spotlight<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a>, Featured<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Designing capital that truly fits women-led businesses<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Andia Chakava: Reframing solidarity in Africa\u2013Canada relations<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>2X Global and Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust Investor Meetup in Nairobi<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Spotlight<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Naming the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Gender Lens Investment Vehicle<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Expanding Equality in uncertain times<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>An appeal for a gendered lens in policy responses to covid-19<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":179,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9331,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/9331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Rooted in the legacy of the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust,<\/strong> we are committed to reshaping how capital is deployed, assessed, and accessed in African markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Impact Highlights<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Impact in numbers<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>0<\/span>m+<\/span><\/div>Financial linkages facilitated for women entrepreneurs with investors and funders, including through the Afrishela SPV<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Angel investors trained through capacity building events in Kenya and South Africa<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Investor showcases delivered to support Women Creating Wealth entrepreneurs across five countries in 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span><\/div>Women entrepreneurs receiving investor-readiness support through the Smart Regional Consultants partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>0<\/span>m+<\/span><\/div>Financial linkages facilitated for women entrepreneurs with investors and funders, including through the Afrishela SPV<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Angel investors trained through capacity building events in Kenya and South Africa<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span>+<\/span><\/div>Investor showcases delivered to support Women Creating Wealth entrepreneurs across five countries in 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>0<\/span><\/div>Women entrepreneurs receiving investor-readiness support through the Smart Regional Consultants partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Spotlight<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a>, Featured<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Designing capital that truly fits women-led businesses<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Andia Chakava: Reframing solidarity in Africa\u2013Canada relations<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>2X Global and Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust Investor Meetup in Nairobi<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Spotlight<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Naming the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Gender Lens Investment Vehicle<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>Expanding Equality in uncertain times<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Categories: Blogs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>An appeal for a gendered lens in policy responses to covid-19<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>read more<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":179,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9331,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/9331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/afri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Across Africa, millions of women entrepreneurs remain excluded from formal finance due to limited collateral, biased lending systems, and \u201csmall-ticket\u201d investments being dismissed as high risk. Afrishela bridges this capital gap through gender-lens investing that delivers profit with purpose \u2014 driving inclusive growth, job creation, and climate-resilient prosperity across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>