Activator Program
Description: The Activator Program is a 6 month program delivered by The Rallying Cry with the support of the 2X Challenge
Designed to offer technical assistance to post-accelerator, high-potential enterprises driving gender-smart and climate-responsive solutions in agribusiness and renewable energy, the program is open to businesses operating in East and Southern Africa seeking to raise capital between $250,000 and $3 million.
Applications are due by 20 Jan 2025 and will be competitively assessed for eligibility against our gender and climate criteria. Program activities run from Mar-Sep 2025.
Kenya AgriHack
Description: The Rallying Cry joins AICCRA, Alliance of Biodiversity International & CIAT, and A4IP to launch the Kenya AgriHack.
This hackathon aims to develop innovative, climate-smart and gender-responsive solutions to reduce post-harvest losses in the cereals, horticulture and dairy value chains.
The event is the first of its kind in Kenya, held in Nairobi, with $10,000 worth of awards up for grabs plus valuable mentorship and technical assistance for high-potential solutions.
Catalyzing Private Sector Investment in African Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change: an Ecosystem Approach
The Rallying Cry leads an ecosystem discussion on how inclusive, scalable and replicable initiatives and models can shift capital into the hands of African women business leaders.
Through a success story featuring one of The Rallying Cry’s Women Business Leaders, Bupe Mulapesi, founder & CEO, Farm23 Strawberry, and Lelemba Phiri, principal & founder, Africa Trust Group, we unearth possibilities and answer questions on how different players can work together across the ecosystem to break down silos and bridge gaps.
We also address and introduce ways to foster the collaborative partnerships needed to effectively address global challenges.
Gender-Smart Investing for food systems transformation
Joyce Kamande, Co-Founder & COO of Safi Organics and an inaugural member of The Rallying Cry’s Women Business Leaders Network, and our Founder, Carey Bohjanen, participate in a riveting session to unearth the challenges faced by women-led SMEs to access capital for climate innovation and food systems transformation. The discussion aims to uncover existing solutions in local contexts.
Gender Smart investing Summit – From Traction to Transformation: Power, Proximity, Privilege, and Proof
The Rallying Cry founder Carey Bohjanen co-facilitates with Simba Marekera, Head of Investment Management at Brightlight, an interactive and dynamic session on “Power, Proximity, Privilege and Proof”
The crux of the conversation acknowledges that power and privilege at a systematic level is much more influential than at the individual level.
Uniting Innovation and Purpose, Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society
Headquartered in Paris and with global influence, the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society is a leading international platform highlighting women’s voices and vision and creating a more inclusive future for all.
The 2021 Women’s Forum Global Meeting shines a light on power: the use and misuse of power; the power to empower and lift others up; and the power, of course, to lead, through and beyond the pandemic. The resilience of our future economies and societies depends on our collective action now.
Joyce Kamande, Co-Founder and Head of Operations at Safi Organics, Kenya, on behalf of The Rallying Cry’s Women Business Leaders Network, joins a conversation featuring climate-focused innovators, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs discussing challenges, innovation and resilience in the pandemic.
The conversation is moderated by Agathe Bousquet, President of Publicis France and Joyce’s co-panellists are Julie Page, CEO of AON UK and Marina Psaros, Head of Strategic Sustainability Initiatives at Unity Technologies.
Advancing Gender Equality in Climate Action: Headline COP26 Presidency Event
Women and girls, particularly those facing intersecting inequalities, are disproportionately impacted by climate change but are also critical leaders of climate action, from local communities to global fora.
Building on the UN Women convened Action Coalition on Feminist Action for Climate Justice and the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan, this event brings together ministers, business leaders and activists, to drive progress through the announcement of new, strengthened commitments.
We showcase some of the best and brightest examples of gender equality in climate action, sending a message that the time for gender-responsive implementation is now. The Rallying Cry’s Prudence Muchinouta shares her vision for financing gender- and climate-smart agriculture in Africa, raising our call to action in the Blue Zone at COP26.
