Monique Nsanzabaganwa

Monique Nsanzabaganwa
National Bank of Rwanda

Monique Nsanzabaganwa is vice governor of the National Bank of Rwanda. Previously, she Rwanda’s minister of state in charge of economic planning, then minister of trade and industry. As the first female minister of trade and industry, she spearheaded the implementation of numerous reforms in the areas of consumer rights and protections, competition and intellectual property rights. Under her tenure as minister of state in charge of economic planning, Nsanzabaganwa contributed to the strengthening of the planning and statistical system at both the local and national levels. She’s the chairperson of New Faces, New Voices’ Rwanda chapter. She earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Articles by Monique Nsanzabaganwa

Guest Articles

Monday
December 12
2016

Mary Ellen Iskenderian / Monique Nsanzabaganwa

Don’t Just Color It Pink and Call It Financial Inclusion for Women

To close the financial inclusion gender gap, providers will have to do more than simply making cosmetic changes to their existing services. To that end, more than 100 financial regulators and policymakers recently gathered in Fiji and adopted a 10-point proposal focused on creating regulatory and operational environments conducive to bringing financial products and services to women – a possible game-changer for women’s financial inclusion.

Categories
Finance, Uncategorized

Tags
data, financial inclusion, public policy, public-private partnerships

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