C\u00f4te d’Ivoire hosted Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the first regional summit of the women entrepreneurs finance initiative (We-Fi) in West Africa. This subregional meeting to encourage initiatives to finance women’s entrepreneurship recorded the participation of officials such as Mr. Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice president of the Republic of C\u00f4te d’Ivoire; Mrs. Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of C\u00f4te d’Ivoire; Mrs. Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to US President Donald Trump; several senators and members of the American administration; Mr. Briji Rafini, Prime Minister of Niger; Mr. Jean Claude Brou, President of the ECOWAS Commission; Presidents of the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank and the African Development Bank. After the working sessions and the panels to share\u00a0 experiences that took place during the day, the closing ceremony was presided over by the First Lady, Mrs. Dominique Ouattara.<\/p>\n
The discussions conducted during this regional summit for West Africa focused on women\u2019s role \u00a0in the economic development, and on the women difficulties in accessing finance.<\/p>\n
As an advocate for women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, the wife of the Ivorian head of state called on African countries and financial institutions to speed up reforms to remove barriers and facilitate women’s access to financing. For her, it is the only way we can \u00a0combat poverty and food insecurity in Africa. “According to the most recent statistics, very few women have access to finance, markets and technology in sub-Saharan Africa. Women’s entrepreneurship faces many challenges, to which we need to find lasting solutions. In this context, it is necessary for countries to \u00a0accelerate reforms for the growth of private sector activity and the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship, if we are to succeed in reducing poverty and insecurity. ” pleaded Dominique Ouattara. Taking advantage of this platform, Mrs. Dominique Ouattara shared her country\u2019s experience on the matter through the Fund for Women of C\u00f4te d’Ivoire (FAFCI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25140,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"dossier":[],"categorie":[],"yoast_head":"\n