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In Uganda, research identified a prevalent norm that \"Women should not have financial privacy from their husbands or male household members,\" while in Zambia, women were traditionally prohibited from raising goats, and in Rwanda, societal expectations often place men in charge of financial decisions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000057#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Alternative credit scoring models using non-traditional data—such as mobile wallet transactions, climate data, and crop production records—are being tested to reduce financial exclusion for women in Tanzania and Rwanda. In Tanzania, women make up 55% of the financially excluded population, and these models aim to bypass barriers like the lack of national identification and collateral.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000057#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Innovative health financing models are improving maternal health outcomes. Uganda's ClinicPesa project uses a \"medical mobile bank\" to enable low-income women to save and access loans for medical expenses, while Kenya's Lea Mama initiative employs a value-based care (VBC) approach that prioritises health outcomes over fee-for-service models to reduce costs and improve the quality of care.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000057#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Women in agriculture face systemic invisibility in financial systems and are often excluded by male gatekeepers. However, evidence shows that when provided with financing, women demonstrate a higher repayment rate than men, particularly when they possess collateral.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fsdafri-000057#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and AI present both opportunities and risks for women's financial inclusion. 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It highlights the COMPACT project's efforts to move public participation from 'tick-box exercises' to meaningful collaboration through a specialized 'Toolbox' and Citizen-Based Monitoring (CBM) pilots. Key discussions centered on the exclusion of youth and women, the need for interoperable digital infrastructure, and the role of 'invented' community spaces when formal 'invited' spaces fail. 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It highlights the use of 'fear speech' and 'everyday' topics to attract new sympathizers, the diversification of financing through cryptocurrencies and digital memberships, and the challenges of monitoring visual content on TikTok. 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