Jessica Lee Massie

Based in Kigali, Rwanda, Jessica Massie is a digital and financial inclusion specialist with 20 years of experience in leading and coordinating donor- and government-facing programmes across sub-Saharan Africa. Ms. Massie’s work is focused on advancing the financial inclusion of those in frontier markets, including women and women-led enterprises, small-scale cross border traders, youth, and agriculturalists. She has worked directly with government counterparts including Rwanda's Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) on national financial inclusion and consumer protection efforts, and has led gender-focused financial capability programmes with Women's World Banking and NMB Bank in Tanzania, the World Bank's GEWEL programme for women with low literacy in Zambia, and Women for Women International in Rwanda and the DRC. She brings extensive experience in capacity building, stakeholder coordination, and in working with multilateral development banks and regulators in cross-cultural settings.