MicroLoan Foundation launches EmpowerHer campaign to help 50,000 female entrepreneurs

MicroLoan Foundation has launched its latest campaign, EmpowerHer, today in a bid to help 50,000 female entrepreneurs in Africa. The initiative comes as the poverty gap for vulnerable women and girls continues to grow, something that the Covid-19 pandemic has made worse because of its disproportionate impact on this demographic.   UN Women, for instance, has warned that the pandemic will push 47 million more women and girls below the poverty line, reversing decades of progress to eradicate extreme poverty.   In 2019, 80% of the women who joined MicroLoan…

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