This new framework has the potential to expand access to digital financial services to reach more Mauritanians. The Policy Accelerator team is honored to have supported the process through our work with the Central Bank of Mauritania.

Women in the CEMAC region are still largely excluded from the formal financial sector. In June 2021, our CEMAC advisory panel shared 23 proposals for accelerating women’s financial inclusion with regulators and public decision-makers in the region. Now they are collaborating to turn these recommendations into changes to policy and regulation.

CEMAC panelists Annick Raissa SUMO DOGUEN and Marie Elise PIDJOU KAMGA DOMBISSI share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

CEMAC panelists Mohamadou BADIAGA and Josiane Sylvie MBAKOP NOUKEU share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

CEMAC panelists Marie-Pierre NYATANYI and Isabelle CUISENIER-KOUZOU share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

CEMAC panelists Love Vera GOZION and Carlos WAFO of Cameroun share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

CEMAC panelists Delphine NOUIND and Antoinette MANGARAL KOUDJAL share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

CEMAC panelist Agnes OUNOUNOU shares her perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

And the role of policymaking in transformational change.

CEMAC panelists Diane NDEUNA and Nadine KAMGA MBEKO share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

CEMAC panelists Sorel MOUAFO and Justin Jules KOUTETE share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

Oliva-Kelly Lonkeu is recognised by Forbes, Innovate Finance and African Women In Tech StartUp (AfricanWITS) for her work in digital finance.

CEMAC panelists Gislaine MAMPOUYA MACKIZA and Christian Richard ABIAGHE NGOMO share their perspective on women's financial inclusion and consumer protection.

Relationships are at the center of good policymaking and accelerating positive change.

How the Bank of Sierra Leone is prioritising consumer financial protection in the year ahead.

This new Advisory Panel brings together nearly 40 women and men in the six countries in the CEMAC economic zone to share their expectations, concerns, and recommendations regarding the financial inclusion of women.

Supported by the European Commission and the Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), we will be working with other teams at UNCDF on inclusive digital finance in select countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.

And the power of data is becoming increasingly important for financial authorities all over the world.

UNCDF is launching a call for applications to establish a panel of consumers to advance financial inclusion in Central Africa.

A streamlined approach to more inclusive, higher impact policies — designed for busy policymakers and regulators.