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Building the Future: Women-Led Startups as a Hidden Growth Engine

In Astana, Madina saw how difficult it was for working parents to find reliable childcare…

Suzanne PerezMarch 6, 2026

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Annual Meetings 2024: Accelerating Impact – Unleashing the Power of Private Sector Partnerships

Suzanne PerezDecember 12, 2024

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From Collateral to Cashflow: Expanding Access to Finance for Nigeria’s Female Business Owners

Case study providing insights into the successes and challenges of disbursing loans to women-led SMEs…

Suzanne PerezApril 2, 2024

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Solving the access to finance challenge for Nigerian women entrepreneurs

Siegfried Zottel, who leads the World Bank We-Fi program in Nigeria, spoke with We-Fi about…

We-Fi SecretariatJuly 17, 2022

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Boosting Opportunities for Women in Fruit and Vegetable Value Chains in Côte d’Ivoire

This policy note is a rapid assessment of women in the horticulture industry in Côte…

Suzanne PerezJune 2, 2022

IP Learning Portfolio Spotlight The World Bank

Integrating Gender into the Market Information System in Cote d’Ivoire

This policy note first reviews the role of sustainable agricultural market information systems in promoting…

Suzanne PerezJune 2, 2022

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Helping WSMEs Pivot Toward E-Commerce

During the pandemic, the We-Fi World Bank project in the MENA region initiated a partnership…

We-Fi SecretariatApril 20, 2022

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Building resilient and inclusive value chains for women entrepreneurs in Senegal

Systemic gender inequality affects value chains; women-led businesses are often excluded from the supply and…

We-Fi SecretariatDecember 13, 2021

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Bangladeshi entrepreneurs expand business opportunities through new corporate networks

Bangladesh has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result, many small…

We-Fi SecretariatDecember 2, 2021

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Digital lending expands opportunities for women-led businesses in Nigeria

In 2003, Yetunde Adeyemi started Active Foods, a food production and distribution company, based in…

We-Fi SecretariatNovember 17, 2021

[2025 Annual Report] From Capital to Jobs: Scaling Finance for Women Entrepreneurs

Introducing: WE Finance Code

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Building the Future: Women-Led Startups as a Hidden Growth Engine

Annual Meetings 2024: Accelerating Impact – Unleashing the Power of Private Sector Partnerships

From Collateral to Cashflow: Expanding Access to Finance for Nigeria’s Female Business Owners

Solving the access to finance challenge for Nigerian women entrepreneurs

Boosting Opportunities for Women in Fruit and Vegetable Value Chains in Côte d’Ivoire

Integrating Gender into the Market Information System in Cote d’Ivoire

Helping WSMEs Pivot Toward E-Commerce

Building resilient and inclusive value chains for women entrepreneurs in Senegal

Bangladeshi entrepreneurs expand business opportunities through new corporate networks

Digital lending expands opportunities for women-led businesses in Nigeria

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