{
  "id": 19585840,
  "title": "African women entrepreneurs face barriers to scaling businesses – WIMBIZ",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/african-women-entrepreneurs-face-barriers-to-scaling-businesses-wimbiz-19585840",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T02:11:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/african-women-entrepreneurs-face-barriers-to-scaling-businesses-wimbiz/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "African women entrepreneurs face significant barriers to scaling their businesses, according to speakers at the 25th annual conference of Women in Management, Business and Public Service. The conference, held in Lagos, addressed the systemic challenges that prevent women-led businesses from becoming globally competitive enterprises. Issues such as gaps in business support systems, access to capital, collaboration, and enterprise development were identified as key constraints to growth. Speakers called for greater investment in African people and businesses, as well as improved access to capital, to help women entrepreneurs overcome these obstacles and achieve significant expansion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}