Powered by women: Our 2024 Impact Report is here

In 2024, the Foundation supported more than 30,000 women entrepreneurs— our highest annual reach in over ten years! Our 2024 Impact Report highlights our key achievements from the year and gives a sneak peek at what’s to come.

Together with our partners, we supported 33,768 women entrepreneurs around the world in 2024 through training and mentoring, enabling them to build the skills and confidence they need to thrive as business owners and become financially independent. That’s 33,768 businesses strengthened, with countless jobs created, households supported, and local economies boosted as a result!

Women entrepreneurs saw excellent results…

Many women shared their stories with us…

We also reached these major milestones:

• For International Women’s Day, we published our 2023 annual audit report, entitled “Bridging the Divide: Women, Technology and Business Success”. The research drew on survey responses from 1,156 women across 81 countries. Nearly half reported having experienced online gender-based violence.
• To promote our research findings and press for change, we travelled to Davos for the World Economic Forum, New York for the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and again for the UN General Assembly, where we also participated in Clinton Global Initiative, joining a roundtable on gender-based violence, and Concordia. We also took part in a policy roundtable with MPs at the House of Commons, on women’s digital inclusion.
• We worked with DHL Express and Smart Regional Consultants to add a sixth programme, Road to Markets, to our offer. The programme is designed to equip women with the knowledge, confidence, networks and pathways to achieve business growth through accessing new markets or expanding penetration of their existing markets. 
• We attained gold re-accreditation for our Mentoring Women in Business programme, with a perfect 100% score.

We would like to thank all our partners, sponsors, donors and stakeholders, our staff and trustees, and our founder, who all supported the Foundation’s crucial work in 2024. Most of all, we would like to thank the 33,768 women who trusted us to guide and support them in their journey as business owners. 

In 2025, we’ve continued to build on these incredible results and accomplishments. You can keep up with our progress in real time by following us on social media and subscribing to our monthly newsletter.