This event is organized by the Gender Department of the World Bank Group, the Gates Foundation, and LSE’s Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy.

The program, implemented across major cities in Nigeria, has successfully onboarded 2,050 women into formal financial systems, marking a significant step toward economic inclusion.

The Global Gender-Smart Fund (GGSF) is a $500 million blended finance fund, addressing the funding gap faced by underserved women and women-led business in developing markets.

A growing ecosystem of fintechs, financial service providers and development organizations is working to digitize savings groups and connect them to formal finance at scale. But to actually improve women's financial agency, the foundations must come first.

The paper summarizes Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU)'s research on how young Ugandan women move from school to work, from legal minority to full citizenship, and from ward to caregiver, specifically by accessing and using financial services.

Can mentorship be scaled without losing its human touch? Strive Mexico tested what works for women entrepreneurs with diverse digital capabilities.

This case study examines Kenya’s policy, regulatory and institutional approaches to advancing women’s financial inclusion, with a focus on improving access to finance for women-owned and women-led MSMEs (WMSMEs).

This report aims to inform practitioners and policymakers about ways in which innovations in credit scoring can advance financial inclusion while ensuring fairness and protecting consumers. 

The central bank has credited the growth to its ongoing national strategy to broaden financial services through 2028.

In rural Ghana, there is a gap between financial inclusion data and women’s lived reality. While women may have mobile money accounts registered in their names, many are unable to use the accounts themselves, either relying on intermediaries or ceding control to other family members.