From Waste to Wealth: Women’s Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Financial Inclusion in Cameroon
Maurice Ayuketang Nso1
1Department of Money and Banking, HICM, The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon
Email: lordnso@yahoo.co.uk
To cite: Nso (2026). From Waste to Wealth: Women’s Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Financial Inclusion in Cameroon. Journal of Tertiary and Industrial Sciences (JTIS), 6(3), 78–81. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22179370
Submission Date: 09/10/2026 Acceptance Date: 27/07/2026
| Abstract This study investigates how women entrepreneurs in Cameroon use entrepreneurship as a pathway to financial inclusion. The study adopted a qualitative research approach, with data collected through qualitative document analysis using criteria such as business longevity, number of employees, and estimated net worth to identify and assess five selected high-performing women entrepreneurs in Cameroon. The findings indicate that the five selected women entrepreneurs collectively employ 1,249 people and have a combined estimated net worth of at least FCFA 190 billion. The study recommends that commercial banks segment women entrepreneurs according to their business capitalisation and financing requirements into small-, medium-, and large-capital categories to facilitate the provision of appropriate financial products and services. Such segmentation could support more effective customer relationship management, credit assessment, product development, and financing decisions, while potentially improving access to finance for entrepreneurs and supporting employment creation. Keywords— Entrepreneurship, Financial inclusion, Waste, Wealth, Women in Cameroon |