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Centre for Banking on Women in Africa

Building Africa's women's economic system.

CE-Banking On Women in Africa designs the financial, economic, climate and innovation systems that enable women and youth to transition from informal economies into formal, green, blue and climate-resilient economies.

Our Mission

A movement rooted in systems change, justice and gender-smart finance.

CEBOWA builds the economic ecosystem that helps women and youth move from informal survival activity into formal, investable, climate-resilient opportunity.

Our structure connects mission, vision, team, story, values, approach, programmes, and partnerships into one platform for long-term systems-level impact.

Gender Equity
Climate Justice
Financial Inclusion
Digital Access
Green Economy
Community-Led
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3Integrated programme pillars
200+Communities in reach

Banking on Africa's Women Leaders

Pan-African Initiative

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Aligned with global frameworks & partners
UN Women UNDP African Union GCF Paris Agreement SDGs 2030

From Informality to Opportunity

Women begin here. CEBOWA builds the pathway forward.

CEBOWA does not simply deliver programmes. CEBOWA builds pathways that connect skills, formalization, finance, digital access, green and blue economies, climate finance, investment readiness, growth, and leadership.

01 Informal Economy
02 Skills Development
03 Entrepreneurship
04 Business Registration
05 Financial Inclusion
06 Digital Economy
07 Green Economy | Blue Economy
08 Climate Finance
09 Investment Readiness
10 Business Growth
11 Leadership
12 Generational Prosperity

Programmes

Programme pillars that move women and youth into formal, green, blue and climate-resilient economies.

We retain three integrated pillars, expanded into practical systems for leadership, formalization, enterprise, conservation, climate resilience, finance, and future infrastructure.

Sustainable Development

Women and youth leadership, formalization, entrepreneurship, education, livelihoods, digital inclusion, and community development.

  • Women's leadership and youth leadership
  • Formalization, entrepreneurship, education
  • Livelihoods, digital inclusion, community development
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Climate Action

Climate justice, green and blue economies, nature conservation, renewable energy, forestry, resilience, food systems, and disaster risk reduction.

  • Green economy and blue economy pathways
  • Nature conservation, renewable energy, forestry
  • Climate resilience, food systems, disaster risk reduction
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Climate & Development Finance

Financial inclusion, green finance, climate finance, investment readiness, insurance, impact investing, FinTech, women's capital, and future financial infrastructure.

  • Climate finance and investment readiness
  • Insurance, impact investing, and FinTech
  • Women's capital and future financial infrastructure
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Signature Initiatives

Premium platforms for strategic partnerships, funding, and continental collaboration.

Each initiative turns CEBOWA's systems approach into a partner-ready platform with a defined theme, audience, and implementation pathway.

Impact

Premium counters for systems-level impact.

CEBOWA's impact story tracks reach, youth support, formalization, county footprint, and continental collaboration across women-centred economic systems.

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E-Resources

Research, policy briefs, and featured publications.

Building Africa's women's economic ecosystem requires evidence, policy learning, and practical knowledge products for partners, governments, funders, and communities.

Strategic Partnership Readiness

Built for partners who care about inclusive finance at scale.

CEBOWA presents a clear route for financial inclusion partners to support women-led enterprise, digital access, green livelihoods, and measurable community resilience.

SDG 5Gender equality
SDG 8Decent work
SDG 13Climate action

Financial inclusion

Programme pathways connect women and youth to savings, enterprise readiness, digital tools, and finance literacy.

Measurable outcomes

Impact can be tracked across reach, training completion, enterprise growth, climate resilience, and partner learning.

Climate-smart livelihoods

Green enterprise, agriculture, clean energy, and adaptation work position women as leaders in resilient local economies.

Partner-ready delivery

CEBOWA can convene communities, policy actors, funders, and implementation partners around a shared delivery model.

How We Work

Professional delivery, grounded in communities.

The site now reads less like a generic visual demo and more like a serious institutional platform: clear positioning, partner-ready language, visible programme structure, and measurable focus areas.

01

Policy and advocacy

Engage decision-makers around gender, climate, and finance priorities.

02

Capacity building

Train women and youth in financial literacy, leadership, green enterprise, and digital skills.

03

Knowledge production

Develop research, reports, storytelling, and outreach that amplify women's priorities.

Contact

Partner with CEBOWA.

For donor partnerships, county-level programming, media enquiries, or collaboration around gender-smart finance and climate resilience, reach out to the CEBOWA team.

HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya