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In honour of International Women's Day, discover how four Scale2Save partners are empowering women and reducing the financial inclusion gender gap in Africa:
In honour of International Women’s Day, discover how four Scale2Save partners are empowering women and reducing the financial inclusion gender gap in Africa:
>> First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in Nigeria
>> LAPO Microfinance Bank in Nigeria
BRUSSELS, 8 March 2021 – International Women’s Day presents an opportunity for Scale2Save and its partners to showcase their stories. That includes how partners serve and empower women through their projects.
Scale2Save project partners have provided Scale2Save with stories to be shared on the day as part of the programme’s aims to raise awareness around the need to mobilise savings among – and strengthen the resilience of – low-income populations. That includes financially excluded women.
There is interest from governments, NGOs and international bodies to learn more about how financial institutions address the needs of women. For example, financial inclusion is featured as a target in eight Sustainable Development Goals.
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March 1, 2023
The State of Savings and Retail Banking in Africa
The WSBI has conducted two research reports tracking the progress of retail and savings banks in their financial inclusion efforts across Africa (2018, 2019).
February 22, 2023
Driving Formal Savings: What Works for Low-Income Women?
While financial inclusion is expanding globally, the gender gap in access to financial services and products persists
December 19, 2022
What a journey it has been!
Between 2016 and 2022 Scale2Save financially included more than 1.3 million women, young people and farmers in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal and
December 14, 2022
The financial diaries revealed useful insights into young people’s savings, spending and income behavior
It examines their experience in respect to financial inclusion, support structures and opportunities for young entrepreneurs
December 9, 2022
The Power of Community-Based Organizations to Mobilize Farmers’ Savings
In Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, cocoa is harvested twice a year, in May-June and in October-December. Between seasons, most smallholder farmers do not generate revenue
November 15, 2022
How Can Small Scale Savings Be Offered Sustainably?
Learnings from the Scale2Save Program on successful business and institutional models
November 15, 2022
Application of CGAP Customer Outcomes Framework in Uganda
This case study by WSBI's Scale2Save programme applied the CGAP customer outcome indicator framework to test the impact of a new basic savings product positioned in the financial inclusion market and…
November 10, 2022
Driving formal savings: What works for low-income women
Gender-inclusive products need to be designed with low-income women’s needs in mind. Yet, the real question remains: What services do female customers value, prioritize and need? This learning paper…
November 10, 2022
The art of change
Leaning paper by WSBI's Scale2Save programme for financial inclusion in Africa. A practical approach to changing behaviors of financial service providers for more meaningful outreach to low-income…
November 10, 2022
Digital Financial Inclusion in Nigeria and Uganda: opportunities and remaining challenges
Earlier this year, the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WBSI) programme for financial inclusion, Scale2Save, through the support of the Mastercard Foundation