We wanted to be data-driven from day one of our Gender Lens Investing initiative.

A framework on paper

Kuramo Foundation for Sustainable Development runs gender-lens investing through three platforms: the Moremi Accelerator Program, a Warehousing Facility, and the Moremi Fund, training early-stage female fund managers.

The team had built an internal impact framework and wanted it operational from the day the initiative launched, rather than retrofitted later.

At KFSD, we think that data is crucial for bridging the $42 billion gender finance gap in Africa.

Efe Braimah, Program Director

Framework into a working dashboard

Sopact operationalised the framework across data strategy, collection and analytics. Manual data was brought into one place and indicators mapped to a dashboard.

The dashboard tracks access to funding, gender equality and entrepreneurial growth across all three platforms.

Data-driven from the start

The gender-lens initiative now runs on measured indicators from day one. The framework is a live dashboard rather than a document, as the team works to close Africa’s gender-finance gap.

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