By Dr. Mandas Marikanda, CEO – Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) Zimbabwe stands today at the threshold of a transformative economic moment. Our economy having shifted significantly into the informal sector over the past two decades, now requires innovative structures that preserve the entrepreneurial agility of MSMEs while giving them the institutional compliance and...

Back-to-school has never been smarter with the introduction of the eduBox Card — a unique all-in-one solution designed to support students, empower parents, and strengthen schools. Powered by the Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank (ZWMB), the eduBox Card is more than a simple payment tool — it’s a Junior uXpress SACCO account, loyalty card, insurance...

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE FORUM The economic relationship between Zimbabwe and South Africa is one of the most active and strategically significant trade corridors in Southern Africa. At the center of this corridor are women—traders, entrepreneurs, workers and informal economic actors—who sustain households, drive cross-border commerce and form the backbone of regional economic...

Across the world, women are rising—not just as participants in the economy, but as drivers of it. In Zimbabwe, this truth is even more powerful: women make up over half the population and are the backbone of households, businesses, and communities. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), through its Financial Inclusion Strategy, has acknowledged something women have always known: you cannot...

This Workers’ Day, allWomen.africa celebrates the strength, resilience and ambition of African women across every sector, formal and informal, corporate and entrepreneurial, rural and urban. We recognize not only the work women do, but the systems they are building, the barriers they are breaking and the futures they are shaping. At allWomen.africa, we were built with one clear purpose:...