M-Kyala Ventures is a specialised strategy and advisory firm based in Uganda and Kenya that designs tailored solutions for organisations to develop pathways to gender inclusion, enabling equitable access to opportunities and resources for women as entrepreneurs, employees, consumers, and value chain contributors.

The company promotes access to finance and business resources for women entrepreneurs, developing innovative financing solutions across multiple sectors.

Housing is a critical issue for the 210 million Indians whom the United Nations estimates live in slums. Access to quality housing is a critical step in improving sanitation, delivering access to clean water, improving privacy and dignity, and facilitating the creation of family wealth—on average, housing represents 50 percent of household wealth in most developing countries. For women, this is especially significant as access to quality housing can increase their safety and security.

To help make savings more accessible for low-income households in India, Developing World Markets (DWM) partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank and Saathi Money to launch the Digital Savings and Resilience Program. Our aim is to show how technology can transform the way small finance banks in India – which were originally set up with the mandate of financial inclusion - can support resilience within low-income households. The program uses digital innovation, behavioral science and group-based savings models to reach underserved communities at scale.

In light of deep-seated challenges and the barriers which women still face in to accessing credit and scaling their businesses, ProCredit Bank, in collaboration with GIZ under their develoPPP program, launched a transformative initiative - the #YoGeneroEquidad initiative, aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs across the country.

Under the initiative, ProCredit Bank started a journey towards gender equity, beginning with internal training, awareness and capacity building for staff.

India holds an estimated 24,000 tonnes of gold valued at $2T, with 60% concentrated in rural areas. This vast reserve remains largely untapped, with only 5,300 tonnes being used as formal collateral. Women, who are traditional custodians of household gold in India, face particular barriers in accessing formal financial services - while 86% own bank accounts, less than 10% have access to formal credit due to limited credit histories and complicated collateral restriction

Building climate resilience for women in Tajikistan.

Supporting biodiversity-based women-led and owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America.

Empowering women by solving water scarcity in the Saïss Plain.

Expanding women’s access to clean water in El Salvador.

Making gender-sensitive climate resilience investments in Tajikistan.

Providing loans and insurance to female smallholder farmers.