Investing in Women for a New Economic Future
b'The world\\u2019s fastest growing emerging market is not a country or a region; it is the world\\u2019s women. In April 2019, Ivanka Trump (Advisor to the President) and David Bohigian (Acting President and CEO of OPIC) announced OPIC\'s\\xa02X Africa Women\'s Investment\\xa0Initiative, launched under OPIC\'s broader 2X Women\'s Initiative. OPIC aims to unlock the full economic potential of women in Africa by catalyzing $1 billion, directly investing $350 million, to businesses and funds owned or led\\xa0by women,\\xa0or providing a good or service that intentionally empowers women on the continent.\\xa0The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a discussion on OPIC\'s 2X Women\'s Initiative.'