The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs demands innovative, gender-specific support for women throughout pandemic recovery Johannesburg, South Africa – 8 March 2021: While women entrepreneurs are making strides to overcome gender-related biases and advance their businesses in South Africa, they still face several structural and social obstacles, many of which have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to the South African results of the latest Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs Index (MIWE), announced on the side-lines of the annual 2021 FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit presented by Mastercard. South Africa move up nine places (a 7.1 percent increase) from 2019 to rank 23