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Zimbabwean philanthropist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, who was recently named the African Philanthropist of The Year, is behind the African Gender Initiative\u2019s philanthropic efforts to tackle gender inequality on the continent.<\/p>\n

According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2022, it will take another 130 years to close this gender gap. This means that there is no way for anyone to live in a world where women and men have equal rights and access to resources. Barriers to women\u2019s access to financial resources, ownership rights to the land they farm, and access to opportunities including education motivate Masiyiwa in her philanthropic work, something she started over 25 years ago. Launched in October 2022, her Africa Gender Initiative plans to raise $50 million within the next few years from African philanthropists to support Co-Impact\u2019s $1 billion gender fund.<\/p>\n

Co-Impact\u2019s Gender Fund, which also focuses on Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d\u2019Ivoire and Senegal, aims at providing funding primarily to women-led, local organizations tackling systemic gender-based issues in the key areas of health, education, and economic opportunity in the Global South.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfricans have a culture of giving,\u201d Masiyiwa says. \u201cIf your money isn\u2019t talking it\u2019s difficult to have an authentic voice.\u201d Asked about what role philanthropy can play in advancing gender equality, Masiyiwa said: \u201cThey say the gender gap is 132 years at the rate we are going. It\u2019s by witnessing firsthand those experiences that we realize even if you provide the training and seed packs to help productivity and achieve food security, at the end of the day you are only supporting this one person, who has so much expected of her.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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