Just over a year ago, we launched the Rock Creek Global Equality Fund (RCGE) on NASDAQ — built on a conviction we have always held: companies that are demonstrated leaders on gender equality are quality investment opportunities. Culture matters for building winning organisations.

As of February 28, 2026, RCGE has delivered a one-year return of 23.38%, performing tightly in line with the MSCI ACWI ETF benchmark return.

PIDG announces it is joining the 2X Challenge, reinforcing its commitment to integrate a gender lens across infrastructure investments and ensure more inclusive, climate-resilient outcomes for all.

In 2025, Triodos Investment Management launched its gender lens investment strategy, based on the conviction that finance can drive change by closing inequality gaps that unlock economic and social benefits, while delivering healthy financial returns for investors.

Female entrepreneurs receive just a fraction of the available capital in private markets, and in Africa, the gap is especially stark. In 2024, female founders on the continent secured only 2% of total venture funding, the lowest level since 2019. Women-led startups raised just $48 million, while their male counterparts raised nearly $2.2 billion during the same period. This discrepancy exists despite mounting evidence that female-led businesses are not only viable, but they also often outperform. According to McKinsey, closing gender gaps in Africa’s workforce could add $316 billion to the continent’s GDP by 2025.