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**Empowering Women, StrengtheningBusinesses: The Itaú Mulher Empreendedora Journey**

In Brazil, women entrepreneurs represent 34% of early-stage ventures and accountfor over 30 million business owners, yet they continue to face systemiccapability and growth barriers.

Author: This case study and was developed by Dalberg, with support from the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (WeFi), a multilateral partnership housed at World Bank, and the Argidius Foundation on behalf of the Growth Firms Alliance (GFA).

SARA Platform by Wema Bank

This presentation outlines a case study on "SARA by Wema," an initiative launched by Wema Bank in Nigeria to provide women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises with better access to finance, training, and market opportunities. Through a mobile-first digital platform, the program offered collateral-light loans alongside non-financial services like the SARA Academy, significantly scaling the bank's lending portfolio to women entrepreneurs while empowering over two million women

What Enables Her Business To Grow: A New Segmentation Framework To Unlock The Opportunity Of Serving Women-Owned/Led Businesses In Emerging Markets.

Full research report detailing the segmentation framework, methodology, and pilot case studies conducted in Colombia, Uganda, and Pakistan.

Author: ConsumerCentriX, in collaboration with the Argidius Foundation, Dutch Good Growth Fund, and Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)

Gender-Smart Market Mapping Guide

A practical guide to understanding financial and business service needs among women-led nano and micro enterprises.

Author: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)

Insight To Inclusion: Understanding Women-Led Nano And Micro Enterprises

A foundational study that underpins the Gender-Smart Market Mapping Guide, offering country insights and practical approaches to designing inclusive financial and business development services for women-led nano and micro enterprises

Author: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)

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Developed by Dalberg, ConsumerCentriX, and GSG Impact with support from Argidius Foundation and Growth Firms Alliance (GFA).* We also want to thank the participating institutions and banks involved in the resources development and refinement including Aceli Africa, Asian Development Bank, Agence Française de Développement, BAC Credomatic, Banco Industrial, Bank of Punjab, BFA, BRAC Bank, BSF, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), IDB Invest, IFC, Kenya Commercial Bank, NABII Zambia, Sagana, Swiss Capacity Building Facility, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, SME Finance Forum, Stanbic Bank, TechnoServe, and the We-Fi – Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative.Note: (*) It does not necessarily reflect the views of other GFA sponsors, who did not participate in its development.)