$100 billion is missing
from women in African agriculture.
40 founders are closing it.
Catalyst W doesn't train founders and wish them luck. We diagnose exactly what's blocking each business, then put the founder in the room with the investor, buyer or partner who can break it. Your gift funds that connection.
Women grow 80% of Africa's food.
They get almost none of the capital.
A $100B financing gap holds back the women who run most of the continent's agricultural labor. Closing it isn't charity — it's the single largest untapped growth opportunity in African agriculture, worth an estimated $1 trillion in GDP. Catalyst W exists to convert that potential into real businesses, real deals, and real jobs. Your donation is what makes the connecting possible.
Assess
We diagnose the one constraint actually holding her business back.
Connect
We introduce her directly to the investor, buyer or partner who can break it.
Equip
We prep her to close — pitch, data room, negotiation — not just talk.
Every dollar goes toward moving a founder through this engine — not toward a curriculum sitting on a shelf.
Pick what you want to fund.
Fund a founder
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40 founders. 25 fellows. One Summit in Kigali this December.
Everyone who walks into the Africa Food Futures Summit this December will have gone through the same engine — diagnosed, connected, and prepared. Your gift is what keeps that engine running for the next cohort.