Africa's Female Founders Face A Rigged Game Investors Created & Refuse To Fix

Africa's Female Founders Face A Rigged Game Investors Created & Refuse To Fix

When Nour Emam, Co-Founder and CEO of Egyptian femtech platform Daleela by Motherbeing, recounts a moment from her entrepreneurship journey, it encapsulates the daily deep-seated challenges female founders face. “One moment that sticks with me was during a pitch where, despite solid traction and user growth, an investor asked, ‘But how do you know Arab women even want to talk about these topics?’” she tells WT. This loaded question wasn’t just a…