By BUUMBA CHIMBULUFINANCIAL institutions should ensure that women have equal access to and use of regulated financial products and services, according to the Vice President, Mutale Nalumango.First National Bank (FNB) has therefore launched a women’s banking proposition to support the call from the Vice President.Financial services are a core enabler for self-employment, enterprise growth, and wealth creation for households, Ms Nalumango said at the launch of FNB Zambia’s H.E.R women banking proposition in Lusaka on Wednesday.Ms Nalumango indicated that lack of access to financial services have contributed to women being marginalised to the informal sector.She said this had reduced their ability to fully engage in measurable and productive economic activities.“Despite decades of focus on women as an important client group, there has been limited progress in reducing the gap in women’s access to finance and products tailored to the unique of women,” Ms Nalumango said.In a speech read by Labour and Social Security Minister BrendaTambatamba, […]
EMPOWER WOMEN WITH EQUAL FINANCIAL ACCESS – NALUMANGO
