 awsc uonwee hub bags financial inclusion award awsc uonwee hub bags financial inclusion award maryanne fri 3032023 952 director intellectual property management office prof mary kinoti receiving the award for the uonwee hub on behalf of the vc prof stephen kiama from he the president of kenya dr william samoei ruto he president dr william ruto yesterday 2 nd march 2023 awarded the university of nairobiwomen s economic empowerment hub uonwee hub in recognition of its contribution towards women s financial inclusion during the international women s day celebration held at kicc nairobi the vicechancellor prof stephen kiama was represented by the director of the intellectual property management office prof mary kinoti international women s day is an annual celebration of the social economic cultural and political achievements of women across the world this year s event themed  digitall innovation and technology for gender equality  recognized highachieving organizations and individuals in tech leadership for their contributions and demonstrated expertise in driving business value addition the uon wee hub a program of the african women s study centre faculty of arts and social sciences was recognized and awarded for its efforts towards women s financial inclusion under the category economic and financial inclusion for women and girls through innovation and technology the achievement was realized through the thematic area of affirmative action funds aafs and women s entrepreneurship whereby the hub evaluates the aafs with the aim of generating evidence on what works for women s economic empowerment it utilizes the evidence generated to inform policy decisions and program interventions that transform the lives of women through the aafs the wee hub builds evidence on what works for these policies to be implemented and upscaled through policy advocacy the hub has evaluated the access to government procurement opportunities agpo and funds such as women enterprise fund wef uwezo and youth development enterprise fund ydef as well as the credit guarantee scheme cgs in addition the hub is incubating over six hundred individual and collective women s businesses where they are exposed to innovative technology and value addition the hub is honored and continues to work with its partners to support the quest for women s economic empowerment announcements standard image  