Billions are pledged to women-led businesses across Africa. BankOnHer follows those commitments from the press release to the disbursement — and makes the distance between the two public.
Women-led SMEs are central to economic growth and job creation across Africa, yet systemic barriers — rigid credit models, policy gaps, market design — keep capital from reaching them. The commitments to fix this keep being announced. What's missing is anyone checking what happens next.
We track gender-responsive finance commitments by banks, DFIs, governments and global programmes — where they're made, how they're implemented, and what outcomes they produce for women-led SMEs.
Behind every commitment is a woman building a business. We pair the data with lived experience — the entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers reshaping gender finance, in their own voices.
From alternative credit assessment to procurement reform, we put evidence in front of the decision-makers who can unlock capital — shifting the narrative from blame to collaboration.
Only publicly evidenced disbursement counts. Everything else is the gap.
Figures shown are illustrative sample data while the first research cycle is completed and verified.
Partnerships, pledges and policy signals in gender finance — the layer below the tracker. When a signal becomes a measurable commitment, it graduates.
BankOnHer is a rallying point for the people closing the gender finance gap — financial institutions, policymakers, development organisations, and the women entrepreneurs at the centre of it all. Join the community to follow the tracker, hear the stories, and be part of the push for delivery.
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