The guarantee facility is designed as a risk-sharing mechanism to encourage increased lending to MSMEs and digital platform- enabled businesses that often face constraints in accessing appropriate financing.

Banks and MFIs have often overlooked women nano-entrepreneurs as too costly to serve. But by reaching them through trusted savings groups and digital tools, financial institutions are finding viable ways to serve segments traditional lending has missed.

Backed by Access Bank’s Africa-wide footprint, the W Initiative is aimed to unlock opportunities, deepen financial inclusion, and accelerate the success of women entrepreneurs across Kenya.

This impact assessment evaluates the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs in the clean energy sector as a result of ENERGIA’s support, delivered via its partner organizations.

This study follows small businesses in low-income communities across Colombia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Indonesia to show how unpredictable week-to-week income and expenses shape everyday business decisions.

The Central Bank of Kenya is moving to slash the cost of mobile money transfers in a sweeping effort to reignite financial inclusion in a market that has long been the global model for digital payments.

This report explores how digital financial services (DFS) are reshaping access to finance in low- and middle-income countries, particularly for underserved individuals and nano, micro, and small enterprises.

This slide deck interrogates the paradox of inclusion without resilience. It explores how digital credit products can be redesigned to support long-term financial well-being, especially for women, youth, farmers, and micro-entrepreneurs.

The investment aims to address persistent barriers to finance in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia, where small businesses often lack access to formal credit.