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African VCs Accused of Systemic Gender Bias Against Female Founders
Sourced accounts describe systemic gender bias in African venture capital dealmaking, with female founders reporting that investors ghost them despite comparable pipeline quality to male-led startups. The reporting challenges the dominant industry narrative that the funding gap reflects a pipeline rather than a bias problem.
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- Small steps taken towards greater gender diversity in African startup ecosystem in last 2 years, says new report · disruptafrica.com · T1
- ‘It’s Not a Pipeline Problem’: Why African VCs Are Ghosting Female Founders · launchbaseafrica.com · T1
- 2.7% of $1.37 billion raised in H1: “female founders should become more investable” – OuiLife CEO, Dinma Obidiebube says · technext24.com · T2