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We-Fi Webinar on Women Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship (event has taken place)

Created Jul 12 2024, 12:34 PM by Iris Weges
  • Webinars

Elisabeth Maier, Head of Interim Secretariat at RENEW MENA and Senior Operations Officer at the World Bank, participated in a webinar organized by We-Fi titled "Mobilizing Climate Finance to Support Women Climate Entrepreneurs as Leaders." She presented RENEW MENA's approach to accelerating funding for women-led climate tech SMEs in Egypt, Morocco, andTunisia. She also outlined recommendations for innovative financing instruments and introduced key activities from RENEW MENA's note, "Women’s Entrepreneurship in Climate Tech:Insights from Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia."

The webinar,moderated by Wendy Teleki, Head of We-Fi, included other speakers who focusedon key issues related to RENEW MENA’s Pillar III. The event highlighted  the importance of mobilizing finance to support women energy entrepreneurs to accelerate the development and deployment of solutions to the climate crisis.