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.

Access to finance in Ethiopia has increased over the years, largely driven by financial institution accounts. Yet, women remain largely excluded from the financial sector, with certain gaps widening over time. This brief analyses data from The World Bank’s Global Findex 2022 and other sources to assess the financial inclusion landscape in Ethiopia and presents both high-level and specific actions to take into consideration.

To make the National Inclusive Finance Strategy a reality for all Cameroonians, the CNEF is at the forefront, resolutely committed to the protection of financial consumers. Learn more about its key projects and why UNCDF is supporting its work.

The first webinar in this series delved into the transformative potential of digital financial services in empowering women and driving gender equality. With a range of speakers, the webinar explored the challenges faced by women in accessing financial services and the immense opportunities that digital financial inclusion can bring.

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.

Access to and use of digital financial services in Tanzania has increased over the past decade. But despite this progress, women remain under-served by the financial system. This brief analyses data from The World Bank’s Global Findex 2021 and other sources then presents recommendations for increasing financial inclusion in Tanzania.

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.

UNCDF and Flutterwave join forces to ensure women's voices are included during the policymaking process on digital financial services. In June 2021, our CEMAC advisory panel shared 23 proposals for accelerating women’s financial inclusion with regulators and public decision-makers in the region. Read the full report here.

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. 

For World's Consumer Rights Day 2022, UNCDF convened civil society representatives from Gabon and Nigeria and a regulator from Sierra Leone to share their views on how digital financial services can better serve their purpose and why a gender lens matters for Financial Consumer Protection.

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.

29 participants from 14 institutions will work together intensively for two months to identify and develop policy solutions in promotion of Egypt's National Financial Inclusion Strategy.