WOMEN BUSINESS HUB -ADVOCACY ALLIANCE CONSORTIUM

The Women Business Hub (WBH) Advocacy Alliance Consortium traces its evolution from a small grassroots initiative in 2019 to a regional movement driving women’s empowerment across Western Kenya . Catalyzed by Urgent Action Fund–Africa , WBH formally registered in 2020 and rapidly expanded to 14 counties , uniting 5,000 women in 150 rural groups . Through the establishment of Inua Village SACCO , WBH built a sustainable financial ecosystem that strengthens livelihoods and fosters resilience among women, youth, and persons with disabilities. Today, WBH stands as a community-owned platform transforming local advocacy into regional impact across the Lake Region Economic Bloc .

Along the Lake Victoria region , young women are transforming their place in the fishing economy—from consumers and informal traders to investors, business partners, and decision-makers. Through the Women Business Hub , young women along Lake Victoria region are pooling their resources via SACCO savings and loan schemes to buy shares and stocks in the fishing industry. Equipped with training in cooperative investment and business ownership, they are moving steadily up the investment ladder and building a more secure economic future. Their investments are also enabling male fish mongers to access resources for fish gauging and other business needs, creating stronger, more mutually beneficial partnerships across the value chain . Rather than relying solely on fishermen to supply fish for resale, young women are now participating directly in the ownership and financing of the industry. This shift is changing long-standing power dynamics. For decades, many women working around Lake...

Across Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) in Kenya , young women are increasingly turning challenges into opportunities, creativity into enterprise, and ideas into pathways for employment. With determination and a willingness to learn, Young women are discovering that entrepreneurship is not simply about starting a business—it is about identifying problems within their communities and developing practical solutions that create value for others. Through collaboration, mentorship, digital skills, innovation, and peer learning, Women Business Hub is working with young women to explore new ways of earning a living and creating jobs. Many young women are developing enterprises around agriculture and value addition; others are embracing digital businesses , creative industries, retail, services, fashion, food processing, and locally available resources. What connects them is a shared belief that their communities have both challenges to solve and opportunities to unlock. At Women Busines...