About 60% of Mozambique's small and medium-sized enterprises are run by women. However, these women entrepreneurs typically own smaller businesses, employ fewer people, take on more responsibilities at home, and have less access to information networks.

This fact is due to the difficult access to financing according to Ndzira Razão de Deus, from the organization Fórum Mulher, who also revealed "that female entrepreneurs do not have access to the same opportunities as men.

According to the VOA report, although Mozambican women move huge amounts of money in the informal market, the instruments used are not sophisticated enough for their participation in the financial system, so their contribution is not represented in the official statistics.

Alima Sauji, who works in the communication area, points to "training as one of the greatest challenges for female entrepreneurs.

In the last two years that the country and the world have been affected by the covid-19 pandemic, women have demonstrated their resilience, according to Gemina Langa, head of the Mozambique United States Chamber of Commerce.

To reverse this scenario and boost women in the post-pandemic era, the U.S. Embassy in Mozambique brought together women entrepreneurs and businesswomen in a conference called "POWER for Them and an Inclusive Economy."

Business Officer Abigail Dressel called this an "important platform for improving access to equal treatment and equal opportunities for women."