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Former Minister of Public Service & Administration; African Development Bank Special Envoy on Gender: Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

This week we are joined by Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi – African Development Bank Special Envoy on Gender (former Minister of Public Service and Administration & former Minister of Welfare and Population Development in the Republic of South Africa). We discuss on the recent report made by the African Development Bank titled “Women Board Directors of Africa’s Top Listed Companies”. This encompassed the 12 largest African economies and 307 stock exchange listed companies categorised according to large, mid and small cap. Africa is leading emerging markets with 12.7% representation of women on boards. The case has been made that companies with more diverse boards tend to perform better, thus more needs to be done to increase the representation of women on boards. Tune in for more…

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