“Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank account and bolster the growth of the world's poorest continent. It's not just about empowering women, it's about economic growth. Unless we can make access to finance easier for women in their businesses, we will be missing out on a significant portion of growth within our economies”
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a prominent economist and public administrator from Nigeria. She has held senior positions in both the public and private sectors, including serving as Nigeria's Minister of Finance and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Okonjo-Iweala has extensive experience in international development and has been instrumental in economic reforms across Africa. more
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