Investing in Women, Transforming Economies

Financing for Women-Led & Women-Owned Enterprises

Wezesha Wanawake

We understand the unique challenges faced by women in business, and we are here to provide support in addressing those barriers to enable business growth and profitability, further contributing to efforts to advance gender equality and Africa’s economic transformation. We support women-owned and women-led MSMEs through our Wezesha Finance and Wezesha Academy streams. 

 

Wezesha Wanawake is Africa’s Women Digital, Fund offering a multi-faceted incubator aimed at addressing financial, technological, and knowledge barriers for women-led and women-owned MSMEs at their start-up and growth phases. Through affordable financing, increased technological capabilities and institutional strengthening and support, Wezesha Wanawake is committed to addressing financial and ICT access barriers and driving economic transformation and growth. 

 

We invest in and support women-owned and women-led MSMEs focused on key economic transformation sectors:

  1. Agriculture, Agribusiness, Food Processing & Value Chains.

  2. Fisheries, Aquaculture, Animal Feeds Processing & Value Chains.

  3. Climate Change Resilience, Adaptation & Innovation.

  4. Health Products, Solutions & Innovation.

  5. Wellness, Spa, Beauty and Cosmetics Products, Services, Retail & Export.

  6. Fashion, Creative Industries, Textiles & Apparel Manufacturing, Retail & Export.

  7. ICT Solutions & ICT Infrastructure.

Our Services

We invest in and support women-owned MSMEs through our Wezesha Finance, Wezesha Academy and Wezesha Co-LAB streams.

Wezesha
Finance

We offer women-led and women-owned businesses affordable credit from KES 100,000–500,000 with flexible repayment terms (4% monthly), and flexible repayment period (between 1 to 6 months). Our enrolment process is simple and straightforward, with quick disbursement turnaround times. 

Wezesha
Academy

Through our Academy, we empower women-owned and women-led businesses through technical assistance and support, training, business plan and business development support, and connections to enhance their internal business policies, processes, structures, technological capability and visibility. Further, we raise awareness on, and share knowledge on market trends and analytics. We are committed to our clients and continue to strive to connect women-owned and women-led businesses to markets, key partnerships and events that boost their businesses’ visibility and growth.