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A survey of female founders within the African tech startup ecosystem has revealed high levels of discrimination, with respondents reporting negative experiences with customers, employees and investors, as well as numerous unwanted sexual advances in the workplace.
Women-led African tech startups are significantly less likely to raise funding than their male-run counterparts, according to a groundbreaking study on gender diversity released by Disrupt Africa.
The Future is Female Mentorship Program 2023 for African female tech founders. The Future is Female Mentorship Program provides early-stage African female
Fewer than 10 per cent of African tech startups are led by a female CEO, while less than 15 per cent even have a female co-founder, according to a groundbreaking study on gender diversity released by Disrupt Africa.
Disrupt Africa has released the first ever publication focused on gender equality in the African tech startup landscape, in partnership with Africa-focused pre-seed investment programmes Madica, with the results demonstrating the lack of gender diversity both within startup teams and funding rounds on the continent.