During a lively press conference in Cocody on Friday, January 27, 2023, Ketsia Olangi, founding president of the Nehema Foundation, announced that the 5th edition of the Pan-African Forum of Women Entrepreneurs (FPAFE) will be held from 23 to 25 March 2023 in Abidjan.

“ Women entrepreneurs facing the challenges of ecological transition” is the theme planned for the occasion. This edition aims to accelerate the leadership of women entrepreneurs in the économie green sector in order to increase their income-generating activities, in a clean business climate by the end of 2025. while ensuring food security in Africa. According to Olangi, FPAFE 2023 will be a framework for communication between African women and an opportunity to support the initiatives of women entrepreneurs in protecting the environment and biodiversity.

Conferences, panels, workshops, training courses, an ecological innovation exhibition, a gala dinner and B to B meetings are planned. Several countries will also take part. These are Congo, the Republic of Congo, Angola, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Benin, and the Diaspora from France, the United States of America and Canada.