The Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion (WDFI) Advocacy Hub is UNCDF’s flagship initiative to promote gender-inclusive digital economies and participation in WDFI policy change.

The WDFI Advocacy Hub consists of two parts:

• Local Coalitions are made up of local civil society, public and private sector organizations, and a

• Global Coalition that encompasses thought leaders and key players in the ecosystem.

The Ethiopia Coalition is a platform for local collaboration and innovation. It uniquely focuses on empowering local voices, giving support to local partners, and encouraging constructive conversations with decision-makers. UNCDF’s role is to convene members and provide them with technical and financial resources to implement solutions, while the Global Hub partners help to amplify the Coalition's priority issues.

We are excited to announce that we will be working with a group of new members over the next few months. As of June 2023, our membership consists of 26 diverse organisations from different sectors of society.

WDFI Advocacy Hub members 2023

The complete list of members is as follows. New members added in 2023 are in bold.

• ACCA

• Addis Powerhouse

• Care International

• Center for Accelerated Women’s Economic Empowerment (CAWEE)

• Dot Ethiopia

• Enat Bank

• Ethiopian Communications Authority

• Ethiopian Youth Entrepreneurs Association

• EthSwitch

• Financial Sector Deepening Ethiopia (FSD Ethiopia)

• Gebeya

• Girl Effect

• Kifiya

• Mercy Corps

• Ministry of Finance

• Ministry of Labor and Skills

• Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

• National Bank of Ethiopia

• Network of Ethiopian Women's Associations (NEWA)

• Peace MFI

• Safaricom

• Thunes

• UN Women

• WISE

• Yene Health

What’s next

Following the celebration of one year since the WDFI Advocacy Hub launched in Ethiopia, the Coalition will: 

• Announce the selected recipients of financial grants to implement innovative WDFI solutions over the next 6 months;

• Convene regularly in person and virtually for meetings and trainings, as well as additional networking events; 

• Collaborate with the media and youth advocates to increase the reach of priority advocacy messages;

• Participate in global campaign to share joint calls to action for women’s inclusion in the economy, including Women Deliver 2023.

Join us

This is a call to action to those in Ethiopia and abroad who want to be agents of change in the digital journey of their own country. Join us, join the conversation, join the movement.   
#ItsHerEconomyToo