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Unleashing the Power of Women Entrepreneurs Around the World: The Smartest Investment to Unlock Global Growth

Unleashing the Power of Women Entrepreneurs Around the World: The Smartest Investment to Unlock Global Growth

On Saturday at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya, President Barack Obama announced that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. government's development finance institution, plans to join Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women and International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the first-ever global finance facility dedicated to women-owned SMEs with a proposed $100 million commitment to help finance new projects in the many global markets where there is great potential empower women and grow economies.

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