Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Q&A: Women’s economic empowerment in Africa

Henry Taylor
Previously, Lead, Product and Innovation, Digital media, World Economic Forum Geneva

Ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2015 (3-5 June), which will bring together regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to take stock of progress over the last 25 years, we hosted the Twitter chat #AskPhumzile with UN Women and their Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo on the topic: women’s economic empowerment in Africa.

Here is a selection of questions from Twitter, and Phumzile’s responses.

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