In this article for Women In, an initiative of the Africa Financial Summit, Dalberg partner Lillian Kidane and Associate Partner Chimdi Onwudiegwu argue that financial institutions are overlooking viable women-owned SME demand because their segmentation, underwriting, and service models are not built to serve it. Correcting those blind spots can expand portfolios without an obvious credit-risk penalty—but turning that into profit requires redesigning cost-to-serve, loan economics, and accountability, not just setting a lending target.

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