Buzz Women launched in The Gambia in 2018, our first African chapter and a driving force for women’s empowerment across rural and urban communities. By bringing training directly to women’s doorsteps, Buzz Gambia enables women to build financial skills, grow businesses and step into leadership. As the regional hub for West Africa, Buzz Gambia plays a key role in contextualizing our methodology, supporting new partners and expanding the movement across the region.
ABOUT Our work in The Gambia
OUR PROGRAMS
Our training programs focus on confidence building, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal leadership, regenerative practices, and community participation. Each designed to respond to real community needs.
Inner Strength
Our foundational program builds confidence and practical financial skills. Women learn about saving, budgeting, debt avoidance, and household decision making in group sessions brought directly to their villages.
Inspirational Fellowship
This program trains women to become community anchors. They are trusted role models who inspire change from within through peer learning and lived example.
Buzz Beehives
Women gather in sisterhood to learn together, solve problems collectively, and spark community change. These powerful gatherings are facilitated by trained Anchor Women.
Buzz Business
A tailored entrepreneurship program for women ready to start or expand their businesses, covering business planning, financial management, marketing, and growth strategies.
Buzz Green
Environmental awareness through practical action. Women learn regenerative practices including reducing plastic use, conserving water, managing waste, growing kitchen gardens, and organizing community clean-ups.
KEY RESULTS
We measure our impact rigorously and the results speak for themselves. Through our proven methodology we help women build confidence, strengthen livelihoods, launch businesses, and step into local leadership.
39,191
Women trained on financial literacy
1,085
Anchor women leading change
680
Villages and communities reached
2,332
Local climate champions
WHERE WE WORK The Gambia
We currently have programs rolled out in Greater Banjul Area, Western Region, Lower River Region, North Bank Region, Central River Region, Upper River Region.
ORGANIZATION
Buzz Women Gambia is an independent organization within the Buzz Women movement. Learn more about the team and board members who make our work possible.
FUNDING PARTNERS
Buzz Women Gambia thrives thanks to the support of our funding partners and donors who believe in our mission to help women driving change.
Aartjan Bontje, CEO Fred Foundation
Buzz Women’s innovative and pragmatic approach creates a profound impact on women’s lives. Witnessing the energy and joy on the ground in the Gambia was truly astonishing. We also admire Buzz Women’s entrepreneurial spirit, constantly seeking to improve and scale their model to maximize impact.
Sameer Shisodia, CEO Rainmatter Foundation
Buzz Women’s grassroots approach stands out for its focus on enabling communities to lead their own change. Their village-level changemaker model goes beyond short-term projects, fostering local leadership, ownership, and long-term resilience.
María Jesús Pérez, Executive Director of Social Capital Foundation
Buzz Women has built an amazing grassroots movement empowering women across countries and continents. We’re proud to support their expansion into new regions, helping more women gain the skills, confidence, and resources to transform their lives and communities
Stef Röell, Director Trees for All
In our reforestation projects, successful outcomes depend on women’s leadership. Trees need time to grow, and women are naturally long-term thinkers. By strengthening local ownership, Buzz Women creates lasting socio-economic and environmental impact.
Sanne Schaafsma, Stichting Nieuwe Waarde
Stichting Nieuwe Waarde supports interventions and initiatives addressing problems that are significant, solvable, and neglected, contributing to a more beautiful, just, and healthy world. We are impressed by Buzz Women’s inclusive and multidimensional approach, its commitment to impact measurement, and its potential for scale.
JOIN US
We warmly invite everyone who believes in our mission to help us expand our reach across the Gambia. Together, we unlock women’s potential and transform communities from within.
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