Women make up roughly a third of Kuwait's bank workforce, yet little is known about their place in investment firms or at the executive table. Shaima Bin Hussain asks whether women truly choose banking, and where they stand when real decisions are made.
From Murabaha to Sukuk, Sharia-compliant finance is opening a path for women that runs from first account to entrepreneurship, investment and, ultimately, capital allocation.
Standard Chartered UAE has received the Champions of Gender Balance in Policies Award at the first SDG 5 Pledge Awards, presented by the UAE Gender Balance Council in Dubai on 1 October 2026.
Ecobank Group plans to build a US$2 billion loan portfolio for women entrepreneurs across Africa by 2030 through its Ellevate programme, part of a US$2.6 billion lending target that also earmarks US$600 million for agricultural SMEs.
"The constraint is not ambition — it is access." Alitheia Capital's W.O.M.A.N. 2026 conference set out to build a pipeline of women-led enterprises ready for debt, equity and blended finance.
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