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The Role of Gender Diversity in African Private Markets

Rehma Imrith, Managing Director, Mauritius, IQ-EQ
Sept. 26, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
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Globally, 69% of the top-performing funds have general partners who are women, and 65% of institutional investors consider gender diversity a key criterion when investing. Research by the International Finance Corporation found that gender-diverse fund management teams deliver an incremental 10-20% in net IRR returns compared to non-diverse teams. Women funders are also two times more likely to invest in start-ups with one woman founder, and three times more likely to invest in a woman CEO.

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