SATHI: A flag-bearer for women’s financial inclusion

by Samveet Sahoo and Shahrukh Ahmed Latif
Jul 3, 2024
1 min

Aspire to Innovate’s SATHI Network, launched in 2022, promotes rural women’s financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. It partners with banks and MFS providers to enhance financial literacy with more than 300 members.

Aspire to Innovate (a2i) launched the SATHI Network in 2022 to close the gender gap through the promotion of rural and marginalized women’s financial inclusion. This women-led network encourages entrepreneurship, improves financial literacy, and provides financial services. It had a humble start with 100 women entrepreneurs. Today, it has more than 300 members and partners with banks and MFS providers. a2i tasked MSC with the assessment of SATHI Network’s impact and challenges and a survey of 175 entrepreneurs and 172 customers. These evaluated digital financial services, capacity development, customer protection, and behavioral changes.