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SUMMARY:Webinar 'Breaking Barriers: Empowering African Women Green Entrepreneurs'
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the sixth instalment of the Greenovations Webinar series ‘Breaking Barriers: Empowering African Women Green Entrepreneurs’. \n\n\n\nThe session will: \n\n\n\n\nPresent the flagship Green Innovation Ecosystem Report\n\n\n\nOutline key actors and mechanisms driving female green entrepreneurship in Africa\n\n\n\nShare best practices and strategies to support female green entrepreneurs in Africa\n\n\n\nHighlight the gaps & opportunities to accelerate female green entrepreneurship in Africa\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you on Friday\, September 6th at 15:00 CAT / 13:00 GMT for an engaging discussion guided by Flaubert Mbiekop – Senior Programme Specialist at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). \n\n\n\nThe Greenovations Webinar Series\n\n\n\nThis webinar series is presented by the Greenovations project\, implemented by the United Nations University and consortium of partners\, to share key findings and insights with key actors to strengthen the African entrepreneurial community to meet global challenges. \n\n\n\nFind out more \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nKarnika Yadav is a seasoned development-finance expert passionate about designing and scaling market-led solutions for solving social and development challenges in emerging economies. She has worked with over 500+ innovative enterprises and impact-focused organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa in scaling their solutions while creating decent livelihood opportunities for underserved communities\, specifically youths and women. Karnika brings in 17+years of experience in climate resilience\, gender diversity and equality and women’s economic empowerment. She has designed\, raised funds\, and coordinated international development projects in various countries in Africa\, Asia-Pacific\, Europe and India. In the course of her career\, Karnika has directly supported private sector players\, government entities and development sector organizations such as the World Bank\, IFC\, USAID\, GIZ\, FCDO\, IDRC\, The Rockefeller Foundation amongst others. She is a leader working at the nexus of gender and climate\, leveraging her experience and networks in Sub-Saharan Africa to advocate for inclusive approaches to developing\, financing and coordinating interventions that would best meet the needs of underserved communities in the Global South. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Pollitzer is a renowned expert\, scholar and co-founder of the not-for-profit organisation Portia\, established in 2001\, which is dedicated to improving gender equality in science and integrating gender dimensions into scientific research. She has coordinated several European and international projects\, including the genSET project and the Gender Summits\, which bring together scientists\, gender scholars\, and policy makers to address gender issues in research. She also serves as an expert adviser on gender issues to the European Commission and is involved in various projects aimed at promoting gender equality in research institutions in STEM (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematics). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNambula Kachumi is the Executive Director of WEAC\, a women’s entrepreneurship centre. She focuses on addressing gender barriers in entrepreneurship\, increasing women’s access to economically empowering tools and resources\, and supporting their transition from the informal to the formal sector. With over 12 years of experience\, she has worked extensively within the Zambian entrepreneurial ecosystem and across the region to influence policy around financial inclusion\, business leadership\, and women’s participation in quality education. WEAC centres aim to address gender-specific barriers in entrepreneurship and help women transition from the informal to the formal sector. They focus on creating a supportive environment where women can thrive and succeed in their business ventures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUrbans Benywanira is an Article 6 and Carbon Pricing Expert at RCC East and Southern Africa\, where he supports outreach activities to develop understanding on the needs of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. He is also an Interim Coordinator of the Eastern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance\, where he provides readiness support to both public and private sector actors within the Alliance member countries to implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Prior to joining the RCC\, Urbans worked with a Programme of Activities (PoA) called Improved Cookstoves for East Africa\, as a Carbon Finance Specialist. His duties among others included screening of projects prior to their inclusion in the PoA\, supervision and monitoring of projects’ stoves databases in accordance with the PoA’s procedures to ensure an effective monitoring and verification process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlaubert Mbiekop is an international development expert with more than 20 years of experience. As a senior program specialist at IDRC he manages a diverse portfolio of projects aimed at promoting the economic empowerment of women and youth in the context of a transition to low-carbon economies\, including through sound public policies and private sector action. Prior to joining IDRC in 2011\, Flaubert has taught at Cornell University and Drew University in the USA.
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/webinar-breaking-barriers-empowering-african-green-entrepreneurs/
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SUMMARY:Greenovations Collaboration Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Greenovations Collaboration Forum is the culminating event of the Greenovations project\, to be held from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2024 in Kampala\, Uganda. The Forum will showcase the key outcomes of the Greenovations project and explore collaboration possibilities to address existing silos of engagement and challenges or hurdles facing innovators\, entrepreneurship support organizations\, and key enablers of the ecosystem. In bringing together funders\, investors\, research centers\, tech hubs\, universities\, policymakers\, youth and women green innovators\, entrepreneurs\, and stakeholders within the green sector\, the Collaboration Forum aims to jointly map an actionable way forward to strengthen the green entrepreneurial ecosystem and shape the trajectory of the continent’s green transformation. \n\n\n\nObjectives:\n\n\n\n\nPresent key results of the Greenovations Africa project\n\n\n\nCo-create solutions to address silos of engagement within and between key actors of the green entrepreneurship and innovation space\n\n\n\nDevelop synergies and partnerships to address emerging issues within the green innovation space\n\n\n\nCreate awareness of innovative strategies and partnerships for accelerating green entrepreneurship for climate action\n\n\n\nStimulate impactful partnerships to address challenges within the gender dimension and the policy and enabling environment of Africa’s innovation space\n\n\n\n\nClick below to join the open sessions: \n\n\n\n\nJoin\n\n\n\n\nOverview of the Greenovations Project: Aim\, Objectives\, and Methodology\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 10:00 EAT \n\n\n\nPresentations: Greenovations Project Outcomes\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 11:00 EAT \n\n\n\nGreenovations Incubation Cohort: Impact Stories\n\n\n\n24th September 2024 – 9:15 EAT \n\n\n\nforum_flyerDownload\n\n\n\nWebinars\n\n\n\nIn the frame of the forum we present four hybrid webinar sessions on key areas of shaping and advancing the trajectory of the continent’s green transformation: \n\n\n\nUniversities\, Tech-hubs and Research Centres: Exploring Collaboration Possibilities to Drive Growth of Knowledge-based Innovations\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 13:30 EAT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-creating a Platform for Enablers\n\n\n\n23rd September 2024 – 15:15 EAT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrowdsourcing Solutions to Support Women Innovators\n\n\n\n24th September 2024 – 11:00 EAT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridging the Gap: Connecting Innovators with Finance Opportunities\n\n\n\n24th September 2024 – 14:00 EAT
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/forum/
LOCATION:Kampala\, Uganda\, Kampala\, Uganda
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SUMMARY:Greenovations 2 Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Women green entrepreneurs are driving climate solutions—but unpaid care work and limited access to finance continue to hold many back. Through the Greenovations Africa 2 webinar series\, women entrepreneurs\, funders\, policymakers\, Enterprise Support Organizations (ESOs)\, and researchers from Africa and Latin America will come together to explore practical solutions for building a more inclusive green economy. The series will spotlight ways to recognize\, reduce\, redistribute\, and reward unpaid care work while improving access to climate finance for grassroots women-led green enterprises. By fostering cross-regional dialogue and collaboration\, the series aims to the series aims to identify practical pathways for recognizing\, reducing the burden of unpaid care work and promoting inclusive\, accessible climate finance responsive to the realities of women green entrepreneurs for a gender-transformative green entrepreneurship ecosystem. \n\n\n\nObjectives: \n\n\n\n\nPresent key insights and outputs of the Greenovations Africa 2 project\n\n\n\nStimulate discussion on challenges\, mechanisms and opportunities in the climate finance sector for woman green entrepreneurs\n\n\n\nFoster synergies and knowledge sharing exchanges between actors supporting female green entrepreneurship in Africa and Latin America\n\n\n\nCreate awareness on the pathways for recognizing and reducing unpaid care work\, and integration into the broader care systems and policy in Africa and Latin America\n\n\n\nPromote best practices and innovative approaches addressing the care-climate nexus to strengthen grassroot women entrepreneurship and advance climate action\n\n\n\n\nThe series consists of Five events featuring panels and presentations around three thematic clusters: (i) Gender-Just Solutions; (ii) Inclusive Climate Finance; and (iii) Enabling Environment \n\n\n\nEach session consists of a 45-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A between the speaker and the (online) audience. \n\n\n\nBridging Barriers to Climate Finance for Green Female Entrepreneurs\n\n\n\nJune 19th | Enabling Environment \n\n\n\nRegister here for free
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/greenovations-2-webinar-series/
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SUMMARY:Webinar 'Bridging Barriers to Climate Finance for Green Female Entrepreneurs'
DESCRIPTION:The webinar\, “Bridging Barriers to Climate Finance for Green Female Entrepreneurs\,” will explore the key structural\, financial\, and policy challenges that grassroots women entrepreneurs face in accessing climate finance. It will bring together perspectives from funders\, policy experts\, development practitioners\, and a grassroots entrepreneur to highlight practical solutions\, best practices\, and gaps that still need to be addressed. \n\n\n\nThis session brings together diverse expert perspectives to explore the key barriers and opportunities in accessing climate finance for green female entrepreneurs\, promising an engaging and insightful discussion. \n\n\n\nWhat this session will cover:\n\n\n\n\nPractical tips and best practices for accessing funding from grassroots entrepreneur\n\n\n\nPolicy frameworks\, partnerships and systemic gaps affecting climate finance in Africa and Latin America\n\n\n\nInclusive strategies from funders and intermediaries to better reach underserved communities\n\n\n\nFunding design approaches that improve access for grassroots women-led businesses\n\n\n\nInvestment practices and considerations beyond financial returns when supporting women-led green businesses\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nMirana AndriarisoaProgrammatic coordinator – African regional strategyFundacíon Avina \n\n\n\nMirana Andriarisoa is a Programmatic Coordinator at Fundación Avina\, where she coordinates African grantees within the Climate and Care Initiative\, contributing to the integration of care perspectives into climate action. She is from Madagascar and has a background in economics and energy policy\, with experience in climate transparency at the UNFCCC and across various sustainable development areas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelinda PutterillManaging DirectorUSE-IT Ethekwini Waste Materials Recovery Industry Development \n\n\n\nBelinda Putterill is the Managing Director of USE-IT Waste Beneficiation (RF) NPC in South Africa. She leads practical circular economy and waste beneficiation initiatives that support job creation\, township enterprise development\, and landfill diversion. Belinda works closely with grassroots and women entrepreneurs in the waste sector\, helping to strengthen inclusive green value chains and improve access to skills\, markets\, and funding. She is a strong advocate for recognising women as climate solution leaders and for making climate finance more accessible to women-led green enterprises. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartha KangwaCo-Founder and DirectorNsansala Conservancy LTD \n\n\n\nMartha Mutizhe Kangwa is Co-Founder and Director at Nsansala Conservancy Limited\, where she leads work on projects\, compliance\, and business development focused on climate-resilient and sustainable livelihoods. She brings over 25 years of experience across housing finance\, real estate\, and agribusiness\, including senior leadership roles at the Zambia National Building Society\, and has contributed to innovative financing models\, community-based climate solutions\, and strategic development initiatives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBankole OloruntobaCEONigeria Climate Innovation Center \n\n\n\nBankole Oloruntoba is the CEO of the Nigeria Climate Innovation Center\, a World Bank-backed initiative supporting Nigeria’s green economy. Since its inception\, the NCIC has incubated over 60 green ventures and seed-funded 24 with a total of $240\,000 USD\, partnering with organizations like Coca-Cola Foundation and GIZ. Bankole is also the Honorary Consul to Finland in Lagos and holds degrees from ABU Zaria\, Lagos Business School\, and Business School Netherlands. He is a social and business tactics engagement specialist with a deep background in entrepreneurship development\, business development and innovation management. Bankole started the Abuja startup Ecosystem and has supported the setup of over 15 innovation hubs in Nigeria. As a thought leader in climate-focused startups and entrepreneurship in West Africa\, he advises numerous organizations and has been instrumental in developing Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem.
URL:https://greenovations-africa.org/event/webinar-bridging-barriers-to-climate-finance-for-green-female-entrepreneurs/
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