Women's Enterprise Market Access, Digital Skills & the Moody's Creditworthiness Bootcamp

Women-owned businesses face persistent barriers to large-buyer markets and to finance. Closing the gap requires both enterprise capability and corporate partners willing to open procurement.

Cluster Lead, West Africa.

1. 01Gender- and disability-inclusive market access initiatives for women-owned businesses across West Africa
2. 02Partnerships with Moody's Foundation, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, ExxonMobil, Procter & Gamble and Standard Chartered
3. 03Value-chain events and Meet-the-Buyer sessions in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya
4. 04Designed the Nigeria pilot of the Moody's Creditworthiness Bootcamp: focus groups, a training needs assessment with 180 women and youth, and a bespoke curriculum

• The Nigeria pilot informed the bootcamp's expansion to 8 additional countries.
• Learning management systems for digital training delivery and performance tracking.

Programme leadership at the intersection of private-sector partnership, finance readiness and women's economic empowerment.