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BuyUcoin, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange, has found that female Indian investors, on average, invested over Rs1.4 lakh (around $2,000) on digital currencies—twice the amount that men typically spent. The survey, conducted between March and June, had over 60,000 respondents.
On November 7, 2018, Women’s World Banking will host its Making Finance Work for Women one-day event in New York City. More than 100 leaders from the financial services, investor, philanthropy, and technology communities will examine key issues in financial inclusion and advance innovations for low-income women through a variety of panel discussions and workshops.
IFC Vice President Nena Stoiljkovic was in Japan for the international conference "World Assembly for Women: WAW!" talked about support for women.
Of IFC's many missions, supporting female entrepreneurs is very important. IFC has a network of around 800 local banks in developing countries, through which they offer support to make it easier for women to join the market and provide finances for women entrepreneurs in their respective countries.
This research was commissioned by The National Women Business Council (NWBC) to explore the distinct relationship between crowdfunding and women entrepreneurship, and develop a deeper understanding of crowdfunding as capital source.
A growing number of oil, gas, and mining companies have committed to create more diverse, gender-balanced, inclusive industries – recognizing that it is not only the right thing to do, but it also makes business sense. IFC has developed this toolkit to help oil, gas, and mining companies to meet their gender goals.
This report reveals for the first time the magnitude of the gender gap in mobile internet use across low- and middle-income countries, as well as highlighting the persistent gender disparity in mobile ownership and the barriers to ownership and use.
Findings from this report are based on the results of over 25,000 face-to-face surveys commissioned by GSMA Intelligence across 23 low- and middle-income countries, and subsequent modelling and analysis of this survey data.
Africa Tech Summit London provides unrivalled insight, networking and business opportunities for African and international tech leaders and investors who want to drive growth in Africa.
The third annual event will explore the latest trends, connect 250+ key stakeholders from across the continent through keynotes, breakout sessions and networking events.
Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG) Elsie Addo Awadzi, recently shared her perspective on financial inclusion and the pillars of sustainable SME finance with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) in Kuala Lumpur. She shares what her three key lessons are for the best way to make SME finance sustainable in Ghana, regulations role, how SME finance helps close the gender gap and her institutions most significant financial inclusion accomplishments.
Multi-award winning businesswoman Darlene Menzies plans to become the lead generator and matcher of small business loans in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region in the next five years. Menzies is chief executive of Finfind, an online access to finance solution for SMMEs supported by the Department of Small Business Development and USAID.
Advancing women’s equality in the countries of Asia Pacific could add $4.5 trillion to their collective annual GDP by 2025, a 12 percent increase over the business-as-usual trajectory. Already a powerful engine of global growth, pursuing the goal of gender parity can lift many more women out of poverty, unleash the economic potential of many others, and reinforce the region’s dynamic growth story.
