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Improving access to digital financial tools where everyone benefits

Learn more about expanding banking access to those who need it most.

Improving access to digital financial tools where everyone benefits

Learn more about expanding banking access to those who need it most.

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How does the work of our partners come to life? How does that work create potential around the world? Watch, read, and experience the stories of good people doing great things that can lead to even greater things.

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Morzina Begum (40), a tailor, shows off an item of clothing she recently made. Morzina embodies financial empowerment by being part of the SATHI Network in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, on April 2, 2024.The SATHI Network is a dedicated women-led agent network spanning across the country, to ensure convenient access to financial services for marginalized women at the last mile. Women agents in rural areas foster a sense of trust and comfort among female customers, enabling them to engage more confidently in financial transactions. The gender-specific intervention promotes financial inclusion and empowering un/underbanked women in a safe and supportive environment.

Unlocking women’s economic power through digital public infrastructure

In many regions, women experience many more barriers to accessing digital services digital public infrastructure than men. Yet, including women in digital systems could add US$4.9 trillion to the global economy by 2030.
By Monique Nsanzabaganwa Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission
Students walk inside the Kibera Primary School compound in Nairobi, Kenya on April 4, 2024.

Can AI transform education?

By Asyia Kazmi Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Womens Economic Power

What does Women’s Economic Power mean?

Why we must go beyond empowerment programs and build economic systems that work for women.
Darlington Akoko

A scientist uses AI to give Africans control of their health

Darlington Akogo, Founder & CEO of minoHealth AI Labs, discusses how his product can save lives with a “digital doctor.”
Bill Gates with polio survivors and their families.

Bill Gates talks with polio survivors

Why is polio eradication important? On his recent trip to Brussels, Bill Gates sat down with polio survivors and their families (hosted by Jacob Beautemps from Breaking Lab) to learn about their experiences with this preventable disease.

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