Women in Africa: The Impact of Covid-19, An Initial Exploration of the Pandemic’s Impact
In partnership
Wharton Club Africa Gender Inclusion
and Wharton Alumni Social Impact Club, WASIC
Panel Discussion
Dr. Zara Ahmed, Associate Director of Federal Policy, Alan Guttmacher Institute
Lauren Cochran, Managing Director, Blue Haven Initiative
Roxana Elliott, Vice President of Marketing, Geopoll
Lebogang “Lebo” Mokgabudi, Catalyst Fund, Country Manager, South Africa BFA Global
Lauren Burnhill, Managing Director, One Planet Ventures, LLC - Moderator
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
11 am East Coast | 8am Pacific | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST/SAST
Zara Ahmed Associate Director of Federal Issues, Alan Guttmacher Institute
Lauren Cochran, Managing Director, Blue Haven Initiative
Roxana Elliott, Managing Director, One Planet Ventures
Lebo Mokgabudi Country Manager, South Africa, Catalyst
Lauren Burnhill (Moderator) Managing Director, One Planet Ventures
Zara will share findings of AGI’s recently released landmark report “Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health” which makes the economic case for investing in the health of women and girls, pulling in new information that looks specifically at youth.
Website: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Lauren will be sharing Covid-19 and Blue Haven’s investments in Africa, with reference to the gender metrics the organization uses and why diversity is a conscious element of investment strategy.
Website: Blue Haven Initiative
Roxana will be sharing gender-specific findings from pre and post covid field research gathered by her firm, Geopoll With offices in Accra, Dar es Salaam, Denver, Johannesburg, Lagos, London, Nairobi, and Washington, DC., the firm conducts over 10 million surveys a year to facilitate projects that provide critical data on resources, living conditions, and aid, and more.
Lebo’s current work has an inclusive digital fintech focus. She’ll address the impact of women - as entrepreneurs, in both the formal and informal sector - and as drivers of family & community well-being.
Lauren (Moderator) is an experienced practitioner of inclusive, sustainable and responsible finance. Citing the interconnectedness of planetary and individual economic and social well being, Lauren advocates for and designs appropriate long-term financing to unlock inclusive, climate resilient economic growth for communities around the world.