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FinEquity Africa
A community to empower women across Africa through financial inclusion
FinEquity, a global community of practice convened by CGAP and dedicated to empowering women through financial inclusion, created FinEquity Africa as a regional branch to promote equitable access to and use of a wide range of financial services across Africa by accelerating knowledge generation, fostering best practices and encouraging sector collaboration in the region. FinEquity Africa is powered by regional knowledge partners Graça Machel Trust, Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Network and Digital Frontiers Institute. FinEquity Africa is rapidly growing and now reaches over 2,500 people.
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Discover new insights from the Global Findex on women’s financial inclusion. Plus, explore regional efforts from Latin America and Africa driving inclusive finance.
This webinar was part of the effort to foster dialogue, inspire action, and build momentum toward inclusive financial systems by addressing persistent gender gaps in leadership and data.
To better serve the diverse needs of WNMEs, the report introduces a segmentation framework that moves beyond a one-size-fits-all model. It captures eight key dimensions- including business sophistication, mindset, location and sector - that shape a woman’s entrepreneurial journey.
FinEquity Africa Updates in French
Les chatbots alimentés par l’IA ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives aux femmes rurales, en leur offrant un accès simple et personnalisé à des conseils essentiels. Encore faut-il concevoir ces outils en tenant compte des réalités locales et des inégalités numériques.
Le Guide pour Autonomiser les Entreprises des Femmes dans les Contextes de Transition en Afrique propose des stratégies pratiques destinées aux praticiens, décideurs politiques et acteurs du développement pour accompagner les femmes entrepreneures dans la gestion des crises et le renforcement de leur résilience. Il met en lumière les liens entre inégalités de genre, fragilité et pauvreté, en offrant des outils pour concevoir des interventions sensibles au genre, favorisant le relèvement et la stabilité économique.
FinEquity Africa Knowledge Partners
The Graça Machel Trust (GMT) is a Pan-African advocacy organization focused on child health and nutrition, education, women’s economic and financial empowerment, leadership and good governance. GMT works with global, regional and local partners who are passionate about creating profound change in the issues it focuses on. Through its advocacy efforts it seeks to influence decision-makers to the change policies and practices needed to create societies that value social justice, and promote and protect the rights of women and children.
The Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Network is a family of Financial Sector Deepening programs seeking to build diverse and inclusive financial systems across Africa that enhance the financial resilience and sustainable livelihoods for all and enable inclusive growth. The network believes that financial systems have the potential to play a major role in enabling inclusive growth and ensuring access to basic services while assuring a sustainable future for low-income people.
Digital Frontiers is a trusted partner to the development sector. Digital Frontiers is working toward a world where 20% of future jobs will be dedicated to solving the world’s greatest problems by enabling their clients, donors, partners, and individuals in the global south with the capabilities and human connections they need to create a better future. Digital Frontiers Institute, a proud brand of Digital Frontiers, provides capacity-building programs and communities in emerging and bridge professions to help achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
Quotes From the Community
"FinEquity Africa is a promising initiative that has the potential to make a real difference in accelerating women's economic empowerment through financial inclusion across the continent."
"It was great engaging with other stakeholders in the financial inclusion space to ensure their voices are included in what should be prioritized by FinEquity and its partners going forward."