Increasing Women’s Financial Inclusion and Closing the Women’s SME Credit Gap In Rwanda Through Enabling Financial Policy and Regulation

In 2021, the World Economic Forum ranked Rwanda as the seventh-best country in closing gender gaps.

The Government of Rwanda has set the target of achieving full financial inclusion by 2024 and has been making positive progress in closing the gender gap with only eight percent of women excluded, compared to seven percent of men. Learn more about how Rwanda aims on closing the women's SME credit gap through enabling financial policies and regulations.