Digital Financial Inclusion for Women in Africa: A Path to Recovery, Resilience, and Innovation
Channel: SDSN
Date: 2021-09-29

On the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) co-hosted an event in which key African leaders, the Partnership’s high-level core champions, and emerging advocates leading implementation efforts on the ground discussed the successes and barriers of women’s digital financial inclusion, and also highlighted the importance of collaborating across institutional boundaries to mobilize greater digital financial inclusion.  

Speakers included: 
-Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the UNSGSA
-Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery
-Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
-Grace Majara Kibombo, Deputy Director CARE Global VSLA Team
-Mariam Djibo, CEO Advans Côte d'Ivoire

Moderator:
-Nancy Kacungira, Journalist, BBC News

Read more about the G7 Partnership for Women's Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa Launch Report here: https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/Documents/WomensDigitalFinancialInclusioninAfrica_English.pdf

View the G7 Partnership for Women's Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa 2021 Accountability Report here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b4f63e14eddec374f416232/t/614b908a22248f652bb6cc1b/1632342167775/Accountability+Report+2021-4.pdf

Pillar Partner websites:
African Development Bank: https://www.afdb.org/en
World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/home
Pathways for Prosperity Commission: https://pathwayscommission.bsg.ox.ac.uk/
J-PAL Africa Digital Identification and Finance: https://www.povertyactionlab.org/africa
UN Capital Development Fund: https://www.uncdf.org/

Official website for Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development: https://www.unsgsa.org/

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