Speaking on the theme “Financing Women’s Participation in Mining: Government’s Instrument for Inclusive Development,” the Administrator underscored the critical responsibility of governments and public institutions in dismantling financial barriers that continue to limit women’s full participation across the mining value chain. According to her, women’s access to capital, equipment, land, technology, and markets must be deliberately embedded within national mining frameworks. It also reinforced MDF’s commitment to inclusive financing models, equitable mineral revenue management, and sustainable community development. In framing government financing as a transformative development instrument, the MDF Administrator firmly placed women at the center of Africa’s mining future. With this initiative, Ghana once again demonstrates that financing women is not rhetoric, it is policy, it is structure and it is national development in action.

Source: GhanaWeb February 18, 2026 13:58 UTC