Underserved Entrepreneurs: An Unmet Opportunity (A)

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
7:00 AM 8:30 AM 07:00 08:30

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Getting more capital and support to underserved entrepreneurs and markets is a key goal of gender finance - and a growth opportunity for investors. This session shared best practice case studies and successful models, and identified the data, tools and analysis needed to deploy more capital where it’s needed most.

Speakers

Lelemba Phiri

Lelemba Phiri is an award winning educator, writer, keynote speaker and gender-lens angel investor. She is the Principal at the Africa Trust Group that takes a holistic approach to investing in women by investing in both the woman entrepreneur and the enterprise; and facilitating their access to markets and critical business tools. She is the Operating Partner for the US based Enygma Ventures Fund that is focused on investing in women entrepreneurs in SADC.

Chantal Korteweg

Trained as a lawyer, Chantal feels strongly about social justice. She is a strategic executor and contributes to making our world a better, inclusive and more sustainable place.

Patricia Hamzahee

After some 20 years in investment banking and financial communications, Patricia Hamzahee now helps social enterprises attract private capital and advises private capital providers on their responsible investment strategies. Through Extend Ventures, she is also working to diversify access to funding for Black and ethnic minority businesses.

Dondi Hananto

Dondi was one of the first Indonesians to work in early-stage investing (since 2011), in addition to launching a startup accelerator focusing on impact businesses. To jumpstart the Indonesian entrepreneurship ecosystem, he was also involved in setting up Jakarta’s first co-working space in 2013. Dondi is currently a Partner at Patamar Capital, leading investments in Southeast Asia. Patamar has fully implemented gender lens investment since 2017.

Carey Bohjanen

Carey operates at the interface between finance, business and society to build more inclusive, equitable and sustainable economies. She drives transformational change, leveraging collective wisdom and untapped potential of people and capital.

Tagged Timezone A, Deep Dive, Entrepreneurship, JEDI, Data and Analysis, Private Markets, Gender-Smart Structures and Vehicles, Underserved A