{"id":12904,"date":"2021-02-24T09:51:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T09:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/?p=12904"},"modified":"2021-04-06T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T13:41:09","slug":"iwd2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/iwd2021\/","title":{"rendered":"CONFERENCE: Women in Leadership &#8211; Challenges &#038; Opportunities in Business in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Women in Leadership \u2013 Challenges &amp; Opportunities in Business in Africa\u201d<\/strong> is the title for an online webinar, taking place to mark International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) on Monday 8<sup>th<\/sup> March.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by Self Help Africa, the event will feature voices from Africa and Europe speaking as women engaged in enterprise, investment and agriculture. It will look at both the obstacles and the opportunities for women in business in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers from Kenya, Uganda and Zambia will be joined by contributors from Norway and Belgium at the event, which will provide real life examples of the experiences of women working in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The webinar will take place from 9.30am to 11.30am on Monday, 8<sup>th<\/sup> March next, and will be moderated by Self Help Africa\u2019s Director of Programmes, Orla Kilcullen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Winifred Johansen,<\/strong> Ugandan born but now living and working in Norway, where she is senior vice-president for commercial affairs and Chair of the Board of Quantafuel ApS. She is a director of ethical auditing consultancy Partner Africa.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Hilary Barry<\/strong>, co-founder of Lady\/Agri, an Impact Investment Hub and network that is supporting women agri-entrepreneurs in Africa and small islands.<\/li><li><strong><strong>Sonali Ruparelia<\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>Programme Manager, Kenya &amp; Uganda, Rabobank Foundation \u2013 providing soft loans and grants to producer cooperatives, SMEs, SACCOs and MFIs as intermediaries to benefit smallholder farmers to achieve self-reliance with improved social, economic and environmental impact.<\/li><li><strong>Kalongo Chitengi <\/strong>is General Manager in Zambia at AGCO Corporation, one of the world\u2019s largest manufactures and distributors of agricultural equipment and machinery.<\/li><li><strong>Margaret Ngetha, <\/strong>senior business advisor to the EU-backed AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund which is currently providing \u20ac18m in financing to promote agri-business growth and 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