African Women’s Development Fund - a grant-making foundation that supports local, national and regional women’s organisations working towards the empowerment of African women and the promotion and realisation of their rights.

 

Organisations can apply for grants ranging from USD$8000 to USD$100,000.

 

Khula Lula - a South African venture capital fund, creating access to micro-financing and scale for African tech startups.

 

Offering R200 000 VC funding opportunity in exchange for equity in a pre-seed or early stage e-commerce store that is woman of colour owned. They focus on pre-seed and early stage startups.

Africa Trust Group - early stage gender-lens investing group committed to investing in Africa’s women entrepreneurs encompassing enterprise development, and access to markets and trade facilitation.

 

They are fund managers for Enygma Ventures Fund, Shift Fund and Empress Fund.

Enygma Ventures Fund - a unique purpose-driven venture capital fund.  They invest up to R10-million in women-led businesses that have an established track record, a proven revenue model and demonstrated growth in SADC.

 

Targeting outstanding female entrepreneurs whose businesses have the capability to grow and scale.

Their programs include entrepreneur master-classes, business coaching and customized acceleration.