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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>The MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE)2021 report, released at the end of March, 2022, has continued to attract reviews from key institutions within the African continent.<\/b><\/p>\n

The latest of such reactions emerged Tuesday, as the President, Harvest Foundation, Mrs Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi, spoke against the backdrop of MIWE 2021 report which highlighted 13 best African countries for women entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

In the 118-page report, Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Madagascar, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Malawi and Egypt were named as top destinations for people seeking a safe haven for women entrepreneurs in Africa.<\/p>\n

MIWE 2021 involved a survey of 65 countries, and Botswana at 35 was Africa\u2019s best performing country. The top positions, expectedly, were occupied by entities from North America, West and Eastern Europe, and Asia.<\/p>\n

According to MasterCard, its sample size of 65 economies represents 82.4% of the world\u2019s female labour force.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the report on Tuesday, Mrs Ugo-Ngadi said that though the revelations showed a comparatively weak performance by African economies, they should be regarded as a challenge to managers of the continent\u2019s economies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MIWE report is, no doubt, an incisive and compelling read. Africa\u2019s best performance standing at 35 out of 65 indicates that a lot more work needs to be done to redress the narrative.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason for this weak performance is not far fetched. African governments are more guilty of United Nations findings which note that only 10% of all policy measures put in place globally are gender sensitive and are geared towards addressing women\u2019s needs,\u201dUgo-Ngadi noted in a statement.<\/p>\n

The release added: \u201cReworking the African narrative must be deliberate and well thought out. African leaders, from Cape to Cairo, must open up themselves to fresh understanding of where the global economy is headed. The reality is that across the entrepreneurial landscape, women have become one of the essential elements defining global economy\u2019s most valuable assets.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrican leaders must come to a realization that African women entrepreneurs hold the key to a regeneration of the continent\u2019s economy, and this is why the Harvest Foundation has committed to piloting the first ever African Woman International Trade Fair.<\/p>\n

Ugo-Ngadi also called for urgent removal of the barriers stopping African women from reaching their full potentials saying, \u201cWomen have the numbers. There is an immediate need to factor that into policy making if African female entrepreneurs hope to increasingly occupy an improved place in the 37% accounting for global GDP.<\/p>\n

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