Hello Venturer,I recently saw a flyer promoting a "skill acquisition" program. While it didn't indicate that the program was for women, one could tell from the courses available: baking, bag making, tailoring, etc., that it was a women-focused program. It seems, now, there is no need to specify in these adverts before women take up the most seats in their halls.Meanwhile, you're more likely to see men dominate training programs where tech skills like coding, web development, blockchain, etc., are taught. There are more women in tech now than ever before, but we've barely scratched the surface.One of the problems with growing tech adoption among women is that they barely get funding. Last year, women-led firms got only about one per cent of the $4.3 billion raised by African tech companies. How do we make tech attractive to women with such a confidence gap? We need to do more than trend hashtags to solve this problem. Of the many ways women can get empowered in tech, access to adequate funds is a significant step towards breaking the bias.This week, Isioma Emi, one of our writers, spoke to Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, the founder of Aruwa Capital. In that piece, she highlights several reasons women don't get funding and how Aruwa Capital is stepping up to bridge that gap.Oluwatosin Ogunjuyigbe,Staff Writer, Ventures Africa
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Hello Venturer,I recently saw a flyer promoting a "skill acquisition" program. While it didn't indicate that the program was for women, one could tell from the courses available: baking, bag making, tailoring, etc., that it was a women-focused program. It seems, now, there is no need to specify in these adverts before women take up the most seats in their halls.Meanwhile, you're more likely to see men dominate training programs where tech skills like coding, web development, blockchain, etc., are taught. There are more women in tech now than ever before, but we've barely scratched the surface.One of the problems with growing tech adoption among women is that they barely get funding. Last year, women-led firms got only about one per cent of the $4.3 billion raised by African tech companies. How do we make tech attractive to women with such a confidence gap? We need to do more than trend hashtags to solve this problem. Of the many ways women can get empowered in tech, access to adequate funds is a significant step towards breaking the bias.This week, Isioma Emi, one of our writers, spoke to Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, the founder of Aruwa Capital. In that piece, she highlights several reasons women don't get funding and how Aruwa Capital is stepping up to bridge that gap.Oluwatosin Ogunjuyigbe,Staff Writer, Ventures Africa