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But the continent has the lowest gender bond issuance globally, and the digital tools designed for women-led MSMEs still face challenges of digital literacy, internet connectivity, and access to financial services. In 2022, South Africa\u2019s Rand Merchant Bank was the first to issue a US$58mn gender-linked bond on the continent. But the financing tool is viewed as complex due to the lack of a \u2018go to\u2019 reference on the processes and precedent on investor returns. How can financial institutions better design innovative financing tools such as gender bonds and digitalisation of collateral to help bridge Africa&#8217;s gender finance gap? \u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Key Points:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better inclusivity: What challenges do financial institutions face when offering digital or mobile products designed for women?<\/li>\n<li>Better design: How can gender bonds entice investor return?<\/li>\n<li>Lessons learned: How do successfully issued gender bonds and digital products for women in other countries apply to Africa?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[133],"class_list":["post-22664","sb_session","type-sb_session","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-133"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Women in Finance | Can gender bonds and innovative mobile products unlock a $2.5 trillion opportunity? - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/women-in-finance-can-gender-bonds-and-innovative-mobile-products-unlock-a-2-5-trillion-opportunity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women in Finance | Can gender bonds and innovative mobile products unlock a $2.5 trillion opportunity? - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gender bonds and mobile apps offering advanced capital to women hold new hope to empower female entrepreneurs, who could add $2.5 trillion to Africa\u2019s GDP by 2025. 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