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The Making Finance Work for Women Podcast

Women’s World Banking
Financial Inclusion
Women's Financial Inclusion
Women Entrepreneurs
Women's Empowerment
Gender Lens Investing
Fintech
Gender-Based Violence
Gender Inequality
Climate Risk
Climate Change
Financial Services
Gender Credit Gap
Central Bank Digital Currency
Credit Scoring
Women's World Banking
Digital Wallets
Artificial Intelligence
Cryptocurrency
Nigeria
Innovation In Finance

The Women’s World Banking’s Making Finance Work for Women Podcast is your go-to destination for diving into the world of women’s financial inclusion. We break down tough issues and highlight creative solutions to empower women financially. Tune in for expert chats that reveal the game-changing impact of finance. The Making Finance Work for Women Podcast is sponsored by EY.

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Women's health is essential for both individual wellbeing and economic progress. Poor health can limit women’s ability to work, save, run businesses, and absorb financial shocks. But the relationship also runs the other way: women entrepreneurs and i... more

As global leaders debate the future of climate adaptation, an important question remains: what does resilience look like for the women experiencing climate shocks in their daily lives?

In this episode of Making Finance Work for Women, Dr. Sonja Kell... more

Women entrepreneurs are not short on ambition, ingenuity, or discipline. What too many lack is access to the capital, networks, visibility, and trust needed to start, sustain, and scale businesses on their own terms.

In this special crossover episod... more

Women entrepreneurs are engines of economic growth, yet millions remain excluded from formal financial systems because their businesses operate informally, their financial histories are invisible, and traditional financial products fail to reflect ho... more

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Abimbola Adebakin
Founder of Advantage Health Africa; inventor behind My Medicines
Advantage Health Africa
Episode: Ep. 38: The Business of Better Health
Cristiani Lorenzo
Leads Social Innovation and Engagement Initiatives at Bayer Foundation
Bayer Foundation
Episode: Ep. 38: The Business of Better Health
Roikhanatun Nafi'ah
Founder and CEO of Crustea Indonesia
Crustea Indonesia
Episode: Ep. 37: Welcome to Indonesia: What Women Are Teaching Us About Climate Adaptation
Radhika Bajoria
Founding member of Radically Yours, works with women founders, investors, and entrepreneurs
Radically Yours
Episode: Ep. 36: From Nano Business to Unicorn: What Women Entrepreneurs Need to Scale
Sarah Corley
Founder and CEO of the Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations
Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations
Episode: Ep. 35: From Invisible to Investable: How Fintech Can Unlock Growth for Women Entrepreneurs
Dr. Aisha Isa-Olatinwo
Director, Consumer Protection (Central Bank of Nigeria)
Central Bank of Nigeria
Episode: Ep. 34: Finance on the Frontlines: Serving Women Amid Crisis in Northern Nigeria
Ikemefula Nwachukwu
Head of Financial Inclusion Services
First Bank of Nigeria Limited
Episode: Ep. 34: Finance on the Frontlines: Serving Women Amid Crisis in Northern Nigeria
Henry Ajder
Leading expert on AI, deep fakes, and the fast evolving synthetic media landscape
Independent advisor to governments and businesses
Episode: Ep. 33: AI Is Evolving Finance. Are Protections Keeping Pace?
Elisabeth Carpenter
Chief Strategic Engagement Officer, Circle
Circle
Episode: Ep. 32: Instant Money, Real Barriers: Can Tokenized Payments Deliver for Low-Income Women?

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Sonya Kelly
Host of The Making Finance Work for Women Podcast, affiliated with Women's World Banking Institute; frequently guides conversations on women's financial inclusion and ecosystem-building.

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Ep. 38: The Business of Better Health
Q: What kinds of financing, partnerships, and policy support have mattered most as you grew?
We bootstrapped initially, then secured angel investment, received in-kind technical support, and later benefited from grants (notably Bayer Foundation). We continue to seek debt with better terms and aim to strengthen technology and pharmacy network integration, plus mentorship and global partnerships to scale.
Ep. 38: The Business of Better Health
Q: Origin story: what sparked your journey to start this business and tackle the access-to-m medicines challenge in Africa?
I started as a pharmacist and shifted into management consulting and large philanthropic initiatives, but personal experiences and seeing multiple pharmacies fail to provide essential medicines made me realize there was a broader, unmet need. I wanted to build a system that could guarantee affordable, quality medicines delivered to people who need them, leveraging e-commerce and a network of licensed pharmacies.
Ep. 37: Welcome to Indonesia: What Women Are Teaching Us About Climate Adaptation
Q: What action could financial institutions take to make the greatest difference for women and small-scale farmers?
Design and offer loan products tailored to harvest cycles, including lease-to-own or harvest-backed financing, so smallholder farmers can access equipment without waiting for a single upfront payment.
Ep. 37: Welcome to Indonesia: What Women Are Teaching Us About Climate Adaptation
Q: If you could wave a magic wand, what would aquaculture look like as a result?
Aquaculture would be precision-driven and inclusive, with data-enabled decisions guiding every stage, allowing women farmers to know pond conditions, optimize harvests, and access fair financing to scale sustainable production globally.
Ep. 32: Instant Money, Real Barriers: Can Tokenized Payments Deliver for Low-Income Women?
Q: How did you get into this space, given stable coins are so new?
Elisabeth describes her immigrant background, emphasis on opportunity, and how the mission of Circle—raising prosperity through frictionless value exchange—drew her in, shifting from roles focused on growth to roles focused on impact.

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The show centers on women's financial inclusion, exploring how finance, policy, technology, and ecosystems intersect to expand access, credit, and economic opportunity for women globally. Episodes frequently feature practitioners from central banks, fintechs, development organizations, and impact-focused asset managers, discussing topics like inclusive design, digital payments, climate finance, and responsible innovation. A notable throughline is the emphasis on not just financial access but the broader ecosystem—policy, partnerships, education, and support networks—that enables women to start, grow, and sustain ventures. Sponsorship from major financial institutions signals a pragmatic, practitioner-friendly approach to scaling impact. For... more

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