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Locked out: Survey shows Kenyan women struggle to access loans

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Gender bias exists in financial services. [iStockphoto]

A new survey has found that women perceive a slightly higher level of gender bias than men while accessing financial services in Kenya.

According to the survey conducted by mobile loans lender Tala, 65 per cent of women respondents stated that gender bias was "moderate" to "extreme" in financial services. The majority of both men and women reported perceiving some level of gender bias in the financial services industry.

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