At WDB Trust, empowerment begins within. The values that drive our work in communities — trustworthiness, accountability, respect, and care — are the same values that shape how we engage with one another as a team.
Living Our Values: WDB Trust Connects Teams Through 2025 Roadshows Read More »
WDB Trust
“We are not just building leaders; we are shaping a generation that leads with empathy, consciousness, and courage.”
— Riah Phiyega, CEO, WDB Trust
WDB Trust pays tribute to Dr Anne Letsebe, a lifelong advocate for women’s empowerment
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Patrons
Since relaunching our Microfinance Programme in 2024, WDB Trust has made strong strides in rebuilding trust, community, and opportunity — one woman at a time.
Microfinance Impact snapshot: Empowering Women Through Finance Read More »
Microfinance
On 26 May 2025, our founder and visionary, Zanele Mbeki, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Social Science by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in recognition of her decades-long contribution to social development, gender equity, and women’s economic empowerment in South Africa and across the continent.
Born on 15 August 1925, Ma Shope’s life was defined by courage, clarity of purpose, and a lifelong commitment to the empowerment of African women.
WDB Trust Remembers Our Beloved Patron, Gertrude Shoppe Read More »
Patrons
The Training Academy Programme (TAP) continues to make significant strides in empowering women through skills development.
TAP Graduations – Empowering Women Through Skills Development Read More »
Training Academy Programme
WDB Trust was honoured to take part in the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10–21 March 2025.
CSW69 in New York: Global Advocacy, Local Action Read More »
Pan African Adocacy, African Women in Dialogue
In March 2025, WDB Trust teams from Microfinance, Finance, IT, and the Training Academy departments embarked on a powerful learning journey to the Grameen Trust in Bangladesh — home of community microfinance and social business.
Learning from the Source – WDB Trust Visits the Heart of Microfinance Read More »
Microfinance
On 31 January 2025 at the closing ceremony of African Women in Dialogue (AfWID) 3 forum, over 1,200 women from 54 African countries came together to adopt a bold, personal declaration: “I Am the One Africa Has Been Waiting For.” This commitment is a collective pledge to act with intention, accountability, and courage in advancing the rights, power, and agency of African women. Grounded in healing, solidarity, and feminist action, it affirms that the future we seek begins with the steps each of us is willing to take — right now, right where we are.
AfWID commitment: I am the one Africa has been waiting for Read More »
Pan African Adocacy