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Highly confident, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers

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In an exclusive interview with Business Insider Africa, Dr. Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at Tufts Fletcher School, Shamina Singh, Founder and President of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, and Jordan Fabyanske, Chief Programme Officer at Dalberg Catalyst, along with Robin Miller, Founding Partner at Axum, provided valuable insights into the complexities of the African job market and potential pathways to overcome its challenges.

The MasterCard Foundation is an independent, private foundation based in Toronto, Canada. It was established through the generosity of MasterCard Worldwide at the time of the company’s initial public offering in 2006. The MasterCard Foundation advances financial inclusion and youth learning in Africa.At the Mastercard Foundation, they know that&nbsp;employment is a leading pathway out of poverty for&nbsp;young people&nbsp;and&nbsp;their families. In Africa,&nbsp;the world’s youngest&nbsp;continent,&nbsp;youth employment is a particularly important&nbsp;measure of&nbsp;poverty reduction.Africa’s young people are building a better future for the continent, but they cannot do it alone. The Foundation&nbsp;believes in their potential – and they are honored to accompany them on their journey.

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