The Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub in Ethiopia program proudly announces its 2024 subgrantee recipients.

UNCDF's Policy Accelerator program emerges as a critical partner to governments, co-orchestrating a symphony of policy change across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

Tanzania has launched its National Financial Inclusion Framework for 2023-2028, aiming to enhance access and usage of affordable and high-quality financial products and services.

Partners can help central banks stay up-to-date with the latest technological advancements and develop forward-thinking approaches to supervision, ensuring that central banks remain well-equipped to safeguard financial stability, protect consumers, and promote inclusive growth in the ever-changing DFS ecosystem.

IE Africa Center and the UNCDF Policy Accelerator have partnered to co-create a series of thought-provoking and insightful webinars that aim to bridge the digital divide and advance financial inclusion for all, with a special focus on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection in the digital financial ecosystem.

Sophie Falsini was named to Innovate Finance “Women in Fintech Powerlist 2022” in recognition for her significant contributions to gender-intentional policymaking in sub-Saharan Africa.

The launch of a new Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub to champion equal access to Digital Financial Services for women, with initial efforts to support local coalitions in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as well as to encourage others to join the coalition.

The launch of a new Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub to champion equal access to Digital Financial Services for women, with initial efforts to support local coalitions in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as well as to encourage others to join the coalition.

The WDFI Advocacy Hub launched June 9, 2022, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Join us in welcoming the member oganisations of the newly founded local Coalition.

The Ethiopia Coalition launched June 9, 2022, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This will mark the official beginning of WDFI Advocacy Hub activities in the region. 

Aneth Kasebele is recognised by Women in Fintech Powerlist 2021 for her work in digital finance.

UNCDF is calling for Ethiopian civil society and private sector organisations to join a local coalition to help increase women’s digital and financial inclusion.

UNCDF Policy Accelerator and the Arab Monetary Fund are working together to support financial inclusion and digital financial services in the Arab region, as part of our approach to collaborating with a wide range of development partners, as well as a natural extension of our ongoing and planned work in North Africa.

Join us on World Consumers Rights Day for a lively discussion with representatives from West and Central Africa on why a gender lens is critical to financial consumer protection — and how to increase protection for all consumers.

UNCDF Policy Accelerator will work with Women's World Banking to co-create a strategic advocacy program that will support local stakeholders in priority countries to advocate for women’s digital and financial inclusion (WDFI) and ensure that WDFI is a priority among country, regional, and global decision makers.

We’ve learned that diversifying and strengthening our relationships while broadening our areas of expertise can help us adapt quickly to new technical, political, and public health realities and support a more resilient policymaking process.

This new framework has the potential to expand access to digital financial services to reach more Mauritanians. The Policy Accelerator team is honored to have supported the process through our work with the Central Bank of Mauritania.

Ethiopia’s renewed focus on sustainable growth is a powerful opportunity for digital financial services. Smart legal and regulatory reforms can increase the benefits to everyone.

UNCDF is partnering with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on an “Africa Policy Accelerator” project to provide better digital financial services to millions of people.

Mauritania is on track to improve its financial inclusion ratio — if it delivers on policy reforms that enable financial service providers to reach vulnerable populations.