This paper presents research findings on the key challenges women face in accessing digital financial services and the design opportunities for the financial sector, policymakers and regulators, the philanthropic sector, NGOs, and designers everywhere.

This study aims to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women-led MSMEs in 13 African countries hoping to contribute to further strengthening of outcomes for those MSMEs.

This brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts on how COVID-19 has affected savings groups and how these groups have helped mitigate the pandemic’s negative consequences in sub-Saharan Africa.

Urging the need for gender-aware product design

How to improve access to insurance for rural women

This document presents the final analysis of data collected through desk research, interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys on women and girls’ financial inclusion in The Gambia.

Did a three-year initiative with women's savings groups achieve its aim of increasing resilience?

Diagnostic for Tanzania's national Productive Social Safety Net assistance program

Needs, challenges and opportunities for inclusion in digital financial services

Developing project-level indicators to measure women’s empowerment