Investing in Women. Accelerating Africa
African Coalition for Action, Finance & Empowerment (ACAFE) is a community platform bringing together the African diaspora, investors, founders, and ecosystem leaders to reimagine how Africa’s growth is accelerated. While honoring the essential role of philanthropy, we broaden the conversation to include strategic investment, entrepreneurship, and long-term economic opportunity.
At the heart of our work is a clear mission: to invest in and elevate women-led innovation across Africa. Through connection, storytelling, and capital alignment, ACAFÉ helps transform ideas into sustainable ventures and communities into engines of shared prosperity.
How We Work
ACAFÉ operates at the intersection of capital, community, and credibility—bridging gaps between ideas, resources, and opportunity.
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We Convene
We connect diaspora leaders, investors, founders, and partners across borders to share knowledge, build trust, and collaborate intentionally. -
We Elevate Stories
Through curated storytelling and visibility platforms, we amplify women founders and leaders whose work is shaping Africa’s future—shifting narratives from aid to agency. -
We Align Capital
We create pathways for values-aligned investment by connecting women-led ventures to investors who are committed to sustainable, long-term growth. -
We Build Ecosystems
By strengthening relationships and local capacity, we support ventures that create jobs, resilience, and inclusive economic impact.
Why Women
When women thrive, communities prosper.
Women across Africa are building businesses that solve real problems, reinvest locally, and generate multigenerational impact—yet they remain significantly underfunded and undervalued.
ACAFÉ exists to change that.
By investing in women-led innovation, we are not only supporting individual founders—we are fueling stronger economies, healthier communities, and more equitable growth across the continent.
This is not charity. It’s smart, catalytic investment.