{"id":5509,"date":"2017-10-02T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T09:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/africa\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2017-10-02T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T09:29:51","slug":"orange-cote-divoire-accelerating-financial-inclusion-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/africa\/fintech-africa\/western-africa\/orange-cote-divoire-accelerating-financial-inclusion-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial inclusion for women in Ivory Coast with Orange money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The mobile financial services market in Ivory Coast is the largest in the West African Economic and Monetary Union region, and yet women are still facing much more difficulties than men to access traditional payment solutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[divider]VIDEO[\/divider]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sj4NaXZDt80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Figures<\/h3>\n<p>In Ivory Coast<b>, women <\/b>are<b> 34% less <\/b>likely to own a <strong>bank account<\/strong> than <strong>men<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifc.org\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/region__ext_content\/regions\/sub-saharan+africa\/advisory+services\/accessfinance\/partnership_financialinclusion\/scopingreport_cotedivoire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2.4 million subscribers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0have registered to mobile services in the past 2 to 3 years in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Ivory Coast <strong>digital financial services market<\/strong> represents over <a href=\"http:\/\/finclusionlab.org\/blog\/equitable-access-rapidly-expanding-financial-sector-helping-ivory-coast-reach-full-financial-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>50%<\/strong> <\/a>of the activity in the region for three activities: <strong>number of accounts<\/strong>,<strong> bill payments<\/strong> and <strong>e-wallet recharge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Key Facts<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Orange money<\/strong> is used as a bank by villagers in <strong>Ivory Coast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A lot of people are still <strong>sending money<\/strong> to their <strong>friends and families<\/strong> by taking the bus, which could sometimes take 1 or 2 days.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In Ivory Coast, <strong>women<\/strong> are more likely to own a <strong>mobile money account<\/strong> than a <strong>bank account<\/strong> (Global Findex).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mobile financial services market in Ivory Coast is the largest in the West African Economic and Monetary Union region, and yet women are still facing much more difficulties than men to access traditional payment solutions. 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