In 2023, male-only start-up founding teams represented 75 percent of the funding in Africa, followed by 12 percent for gender-diverse teams. Female founders and female-only founding teams had the lowest start-up funding, with a share of 1.3 percent and one percent, respectively.
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Africa The Big Deal. (January 17, 2024). Share of start-up funding raised in Africa as of 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472253/share-of-start-up-funding-raised-in-africa-by-gender/
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Africa The Big Deal. (2024). Share of start-up funding raised in Africa as of 2023, by gender . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472253/share-of-start-up-funding-raised-in-africa-by-gender/
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Share of start-up funding raised in Africa as of 2023, by gender [Graph], Africa The Big Deal, January 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472253/share-of-start-up-funding-raised-in-africa-by-gender/