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InterviewsJune 23 2023

Rwanda’s efforts to improve women’s financial inclusion

Soraya Hakuziyaremye, deputy governor of the National Bank of Rwanda, talks to The Banker about the central bank’s drive to increase the financial inclusion of women and its plans to have equal access by 2027.
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Rwanda’s efforts to improve women’s financial inclusion

Q: What is the National Bank of Rwanda doing to increase women’s financial inclusion?

A: Our mandate is monetary policy and financial stability, but we expanded it to include consumer protection, financial sector development and financial inclusion. We could see that if we didn’t focus on financial inclusion, or it was seen as a component of the financial stability function, then it wouldn’t be given the priority it deserves.

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Joy Macknight is the editor of The Banker. She joined the publication in 2015 as transaction banking and technology editor. Previously, she was features editor at Profit & Loss, editorial director at Treasury Today and editor at gtnews. She also worked as a staff writer on Banking Technology and IBM Computer Today, as well as a freelancer on Computer Weekly. She has a BSc from the University of Victoria, Canada.
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