Blog At a time when gender parity across the continent remains at a critical tipping point, HERizon Africa emerges with a clear mission to champion women-led possibilities, drive data-informed equity and help build an Africa in which equality is an intangible reality. Across the continent, progress remains uneven and painfully slow. According to the 2025 …
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Blog The Global Advisory Council (GAC) serves as HERizon Africa’s highest leadership body of thought leaders who support HERizon Africa in driving high-impact initiatives across the continent. Council members are recognized for their proven professional footprint, and verifiable impact across the African continent. We are thrilled to announce the confirm …
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Blog The Global Advisory Council (GAC) serves as HERizon Africa’s highest leadership body of thought leaders who support HERizon Africa in driving high-impact initiatives across the continent. Council members are recognized for their proven professional footprint, and verifiable impact across the African continent. HERizon Africa proudly celebrates the a …
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Blog We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 Cohort of WestlionCo’s 35 Under 35 ; a Pan-African community of daring and outstanding women under the age of 35 who are changing the course of governance, industries and societies in Africa and the diaspora. More than an accolade, the 35 Under 35 Listing serves as a catalyst …
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Annual Summit Last week, a delegation from WestlionCo made a courtesy call to the Rwanda High Commission ahead of the upcoming Africa Entrepreneurship Accelerator Summit 2024. This meeting aimed to set the stage for meaningful discussions regarding youth development on the continent and to garner collaborative support for pending projects and the summit, schedul …
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35 Under 35 We are thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2024 Cohort of Africa’s 35 Under 35 Annual Listing and Awards. This esteemed recognition highlights the incredible accomplishments, immense potential, fortitude and exemplary leadership of young female entrepreneurs across the continent who are driving innovation and making significan …
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Blog As part of our initiatives to redefine female entrepreneurship on the continent, the WestlionCo Female Entrepreneurs Community is prioritizing planned industrial visits to key companies that remain entrepreneurial catalysts to start-up growth. Gifty Boatemaa Annan Co-founder & CEO, WestlionCo The WestlionCo Female Entrepreneurs Community embarked …
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Blog Myth 1 – Quitting is for Losers Let’s start with this quote by Eric Barker “If you never quit anything, you’re going to have less time for the things that really matter. We live in a world that associates quitting with failure and for this reason, many have clung painfully to ideas, relationships, courses, etc. they shoul …
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Blog As part of our initiatives to redefine female entrepreneurship on the continent, the WestlionCo Female Entrepreneurs Community ( WeFEC ) is prioritizing planned industrial visits to key companies that remain entrepreneurial catalysts to start-up growth. We embarked on our maiden industrial visit as a community on November 18, 2022. Competently spearhe …
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Blog The maiden edition of the Africa Entrepreneurship Accelerator Summit held via zoom on November 30, 2022, served its intended purpose by exploring the vast possibilities of Africa’s Economic Development through Entrepreneurship and the diverse entrepreneurial ways young Africans can contribute to building a sustainably attractive continent. The Summi …
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Blog Ghana is becoming one of the most vibrant and developing startup havens on the continent. The country is finally catching up fast with countries such as Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa as some of the continent’s giants when it comes to startups. Startups are often seen as businesses that are just starting out and have the potential to expand …
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Blog It’s no doubt that funding or financing of businesses has been identified as a top bottleneck for businesses of all sizes, irrespective of location, region, and or industry. This is supported by centuries of surveys conducted to ascertain the challenges that businesses face. All businesses, regardless of size, require cash to cover ongoing operating …
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