The African diaspora sends €54 billion to the continent every year — representing 10% of Senegal’s GDP alone — yet most of it is consumed rather than invested. A gender-lens fund is building a pathway to a billion-dollar carbon-market-linked fund. A pineapple farmer in Uganda is turning agricultural waste into vegan leather. This panel explores what it really takes to mobilize private, public, and diaspora capital into African ventures.

WHAT THIS PANEL COVERS

• Why gender-lens investing is a performance strategy, not charity: women-led businesses reach 62 million people and gender-diverse teams deliver 20-30% higher financial returns
• How a Chatham House market-focus event at the Geneva Chamber of Commerce unlocked a 30 million Swiss franc investment pipeline for Uganda
• Why African entrepreneurs should “lead with the numbers, not the story” — the three ingredients investors need: discipline, governance, and demonstrated scale potential
• How SheEquity’s blended finance model combines philanthropic technical assistance with private capital to bridge the $42 billion gender funding gap
• Why the biggest unlock for Africa would be energy infrastructure and education — from the last village to the largest city

PANELISTS

• Mafrida — Moderator
• Pauline Kerber — Founder & Managing Partner, SheEquity
• Elizabeth Sekaja — President, Chamber of Commerce Swiss-Uganda
• Sidney Sampson — Founder & CEO, Sedanic Group

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