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Gender Finance | October 29, 2024 - 5 mins read

Moving from conversation to action: How BFA Global drives gender intentionality

Women make up half the global population, yet face significant economic barriers like low literacy, restrictive norms, and unequal...

By Phoebe Kiboi
Climate Action, Gender Finance | October 19, 2023 - 1 min read

Nurturing women’s success in the tech startup ecosystem

In Sub-saharan Africa, 26% of women are involved in entrepreneurial activity, making it the highest rate of female entrepreneurship...

By BFA GLOBAL
Climate Action, Gender Finance | June 8, 2023 - 4 mins read

Investing in the adaptive capacity of young Africans is key to climate resilient livelihoods and agrifood systems

Climate change is rapidly intensifying, particularly in regions like Africa, which have contributed to its causes the least. The...

By Tyler Ferdinand
Climate Action, Gender Finance | May 17, 2023 - 4 mins read

For a just and adaptive future, climate action in Africa needs to lift up young women

Women and girls are the most powerful actors for climate change in Africa. Young women are at the forefront...

By Dr. Yvonne Maingey Muriuki
Gender Finance, Livelihoods and Microenterprise | February 11, 2022 - 5 mins read

Unlocking the potential of digital commerce for women artisans in India

Sunrekha, a 35-year-old woman from Ranti in the Madhubani district of Bihar, joined a women’s collective in her village...

By Akansha Kasera
Gender Finance, Inclusive Fintech | May 14, 2021 - 8 mins read

Building Inclusion Into the Investment Process: Four Steps for Addressing Bias Against Women Startup Founders

Originally published in NextBillion  Contrary to pessimistic expectations at the outset of the COVID pandemic, global funding for startups grew...

By Akansha Kasera
Digital Financial Services, Gender Finance, Livelihoods and Microenterprise | August 21, 2020 - 1 min read

MTN MoMo Pay Merchant Payments: Expanding Women’s Mobile Money Use in Ghana

MTN Ghana launched a merchant payment service in January 2017 called MoMo Pay to increase mobile money use in...

By BFA GLOBAL
Gender Finance, Livelihoods and Microenterprise | July 14, 2020 - 11 mins read

The glass ceiling, even at home: How a report on poverty in Nigeria reveals an enduring gender gap in household headship

Summary We are told by the Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics that female heads of household in Nigeria...

By Benjamin Mazzotta PhD
Gender Finance, Inclusive Fintech | May 4, 2020 - 1 min read

Innovation in Finance: how Spoon Money is improving livelihoods for South African female informal traders

Catalyst Fund welcomes new cohort of inclusive fintech startups creating solutions to improve the financial health of underserved communities...

By Thea Sokolowski