Onyeka Koldsweat Akpaida

Female Financial & Digital Inclusion Specialist

Pro-Female Marketplace Allobee Bags $500,000 in Funding Members Public

Allobee has announced that it has secured $500,000 in a funding round led by Stargazer Ventures and a network of angel investors to further spur the company’s rapid growth.

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News

CBN charges stakeholders on execution of framework on financial inclusion gender gap Members Public

The framework aims to complement existing initiatives of the CBN to expand access to finance for women in Nigeria.

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Financial inclusion

FINANCIAL INCLUSION: Nigeria's CBN plans to eliminate gender gap by 2024 Members Public

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said it will eliminate the current gender gap in financial inclusion in Nigeria by 2024, using its recently released framework for advancing women’s financial inclusion in Nigeria. According to the CBN, the framework builds on the revised targets of the 2018 National

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Financial inclusion

CBN’s Framework for Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion In Nigeria: What it Means for Women’s Financial Inclusion Members Public

The Central Bank of Nigeria on September 29, 2020, launched the framework for advancing women’s financial inclusion. The launch of the framework was announced in an online event tagged “Access to Finance Framework for Women”. The framework was conceptualized by the Financial Inclusion Special Intervention Working group and developed

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Opinion

DIFC FinTech Hive’s Accelerator Programme To Advance The Role Of Women In Financial Services Members Public

- A female-focused career mentorship accelerator programme to empower women in financial services. - 14 young women starting their careers within financial services selected for the programme. - Mentees are given access to over 20 workshops provided by DIFC FinTech Hive’s network of partners

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Opportunities

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (EJS) Center Amujae Initiative 2021 for emerging African Women Public Leaders Members Public

Application Deadline: 30th of September 2020. The Amujae Initiative is the Center’s flagship program. Amujae, pronounced ӓ mōō jāēē, means ‘we are going up’ in Kru, a Liberian language. Launched on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2020, the vision for the Amujae Initiative is to shift the landscape

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Opportunities

How Inclusive Is Nigeria's N75b MSME Survival Fund? Members Public

The Federal Government of Nigeria commenced its nationwide implementation of the 75 billion naira Survival Fund which will be implemented via two initiatives- the MSME Survival Fund with the Payroll support track as the first scheme to rollout (60 Billion Naira) and the Guaranteed Off-taker Scheme (15 Billion Naira) to

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Opinion

How Ghana’s New Digital Finance Policy Can Drive Women’s Inclusion Members Public

SOURCE: CGAP Ghana made waves earlier this year when it launched the world’s first digital financial services (DFS) policy, building on the past five years of explosive DFS growth in the country. Among the policy’s goals is to ensure that at least 85 percent of men and women

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Financial inclusion