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Programmes

Our programme pillars connect gender equality, climate resilience, and finance.

CEBOWA organises its work through three practical pillars designed to move from policy and research into community-level delivery.

What We Do

Our 9 thematic programmes.

Each programme targets a specific barrier that limits women's participation in Africa's green, digital, financial, and equitable future.

Energy CE - Energy Solutions (CEES) Promoting women-led access to renewable energy: solar entrepreneurship, clean cooking technologies, and inclusive energy financing for underserved communities. Learn More AI & Work CE - Women, Work & AI (CEWW-AI) Equipping women with digital, AI, and future-of-work skills to close gender gaps in the technology-driven economy. Learn More Digital CE - Digital Equity (CEDE) Closing the digital divide through fintech models that expand access to connectivity, digital wallets, microfinance, and practical digital participation. Learn More Leadership CE - She Leads (CESL) Strengthening women's leadership and participation in climate, governance, development policy-making, and economic transformation spaces. Learn More Climate CE - Gender Just Climate Solutions (CEJSC) Driving gender-just transitions by integrating women into climate finance, green jobs, community adaptation, and resilience programmes. Learn More Forestry CE - Inclusive Forest Governance (CEIFG) Empowering women and youth in tree planting, agroforestry, sustainable forest enterprises, watershed protection, and community restoration. Learn More Youth CE - Youth in Climate Action (CE-YiCA) Building intergenerational leadership through youth-led climate action, green entrepreneurship, advocacy, and local innovation. Learn More Livelihoods CE - Green Livelihoods (CEGL) Creating pathways to dignified green jobs and sustainable enterprises from climate-smart agriculture to aquaculture and nature-based livelihoods. Learn More Blue Economy CE Blue Economy Pathways (CE-BEP) Building women and youth pathways into sustainable coastal, aquatic, maritime, and marine-linked value chains. Learn More

Strategic Focus

What this pillar covers.

Each pillar is designed for partner-ready implementation, with clear thematic focus areas and outcomes that can be measured over time.

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Sustainable development

Aligns livelihoods, education, enterprise, and community priorities with long-term social and economic resilience.

02

Climate action

Connects climate justice, nature protection, adaptation, and green livelihoods to practical community action.

03

Climate and development finance

Builds pathways for inclusive finance, climate finance, investment readiness, and future financial infrastructure.

04

Women and youth economic pathways

Moves women and youth from informal participation into formal, investable, and leadership-ready economic systems.

Expected Outcomes

A stronger version of the programme story.

Outcome

Women and youth are better positioned to access finance, green opportunities, and leadership pathways.

Outcome

Partners can engage with a clear programme architecture and measurable areas of work.

Outcome

Communities benefit from interventions that combine economic inclusion with climate resilience.

Programme Navigation

Explore all CEBOWA programme pillars.

Our Programme Pillars CEBOWA organises its work through three practical pillars designed to move from policy and research into community-level delivery. Sustainable Development This pillar advances gender equality, livelihoods, youth inclusion, and SDG localisation through practical programmes that strengthen economic agency at community level. Climate Action This pillar supports climate justice, clean energy, forestry, agriculture, and community resilience by translating climate priorities into locally relevant action. Climate & Development Finance This pillar connects financial inclusion, green finance, fintech, and impact investing so underserved women and youth can participate in the transition to resilient economies.