Top 5 African countries with the highest percentage of women entrepreneurs

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South Africa

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Women own 18.8 per cent of businesses in the country and they tend to be well-educated as their male counterparts in tertiary education and have near-equal access to financial services to men. In effect, the country has made progress in reducing the gender bias for women engaging in early stage entrepreneurial activities.

Some of the women entrepreneurs who have risen to the top include Boitumelo Ntsoane (founder of Afrilink Healthcare), Phuti Mahanyele (Executive Chairperson of Sigma Capital an investment holding company) and Polo Leteka Radebe of IDF Managers.