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...

Across our country, many women have worked hard, saved diligently and built businesses — yet too often feel underserved or disconnected from the financial institutions meant to support them. Questions of trust, access, ownership and relevance continue to shape how we experience banking today. At Co-op Pay SACCO Society, we are building a different kind of institution — one that...

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...