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Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs

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The Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs handbook is an interactive resource designed to be applied in the contect of a women-only programme or to better support women founders within a mixed-gender programme. This resource equips practitioners with the knowledge and strategies required to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs. This was created by The GIZ.
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