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Oct 26, 2021

In the Spotlight / Sous les projecteurs …. Eric Ahouanhidé

Oct 25, 2021

Introducing our Gender Equity Changemakers Community of Practice Facilitators / Présentation des facilitateurs de notre Communauté de Pratique Gender Equity Changemaker

Oct 21, 2021

Five years of Impact and Professional Development in Digital Finance

Oct 20, 2021

Summary of CBDC Workshop | Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Aug 26, 2021

FOCUS SUR LES MONNAIES NUMÉRIQUES DES BANQUES CENTRALES (MNBC)

Aug 26, 2021

Leading by example: DFI Staff Members as Certified Digital Finance Practitioners Graduates

Aug 20, 2021

A Framework for Effective Supervision for Inclusive DFS

Aug 20, 2021

Creation and Journey of The Alliance of Digital Finance/ Création et évolution de l’Alliance des associations professionnelles de la finance digitale

Jul 28, 2021

Introducing our Digital Financial Inclusion Supervision COP Facilitators/ PPrésentation des facilitateurs de la Communauté de Pratique Digital Financial Inclusion Supervision

Jul 28, 2021

Spotlight on Abenaa Addai/ Coup de projecteurs sur Abenaa Addai

Jun 24, 2021

A la découverte des six licornes africaines de la FinTech en 2021

Jun 23, 2021

Coup de projecteur sur l’univers FinTech

Jun 17, 2021

In the Spotlight / Sous les projecteurs …. Fahad Shahab

Jun 17, 2021

The Role of Regulators in Enabling Fintechs and Innovation

May 26, 2021

Quels sont les défis rencontrés par les entreprises FinTech en Afrique ?

May 26, 2021

Migrants and remittances hold steady (even in a global pandemic), but why?/ Les transferts d’argent des migrants se maintiennent (même dans le contexte de la pandémie mondiale). Pourquoi ?

May 24, 2021

In the Spotlight / Sous les projecteurs …. Mohammad Mahbub Sobhan

May 23, 2021

Comment les technologies et les produits financiers digitaux peuvent-ils dynamiser les chaines de valeur agricoles en Afrique ?

Apr 28, 2021

Towards Making Gender Equality a Reality in Organisations Across Africa.

Apr 23, 2021

Five Years of Impact and Building an Inclusive Digital Finance Profession

Apr 7, 2021

UPCOMING APRIL WEBINARS

Mar 30, 2021

Le Mobile Money en Afrique:un accélérateur au service de l’inclusion financière

Mar 30, 2021

Le pouvoir de la digitalisation des paiements des travailleurs

Mar 30, 2021

Instant and Inclusive Payments are becoming the new normal/Les paiements instantanés et inclusifs deviennent la nouvelle norme

Mar 30, 2021

Introducing the upcoming Digital Financial Inclusion Supervision (DFIS) Program/ Présentation du prochain programme de supervision de l’inclusion financière numérique (DFIS)

Mar 30, 2021

In the Spotlight / Sous les projecteurs …. Kenneth Ugwuanyi

Feb 23, 2021

Le programme Ambassadeur DFI

Feb 22, 2021

In the Spotlight / Sous les projecteurs …. Kombe Kaponda

Feb 17, 2021

Introducing the DFI Ambassadors

Jan 28, 2021

L’Afrique en marche vers la «cashless society»

Latest Resources

Collaboration, business models and managing change

Nov 17, 2021

Inclusive Digital Economies for the Sustainable Development Goals

Mobile money & mobile technology

Nov 16, 2021

Mobile Money Policy and Regulatory Handbook

Microfinance, credit, savings and insurance

Nov 15, 2021

Solidarity in Saving

Gender

Nov 12, 2021

Addressing Gender Norms to Increase Financial Inclusion: Designing for Impact

Humanitarian and digital social payments

Nov 11, 2021

The Climate Crisis: Mobile-Enabled Solutions in Humanitarian Emergencies

Microfinance, credit, savings and insurance

Nov 9, 2021

The Landscape of Microinsurance

Mobile money & mobile technology

Nov 8, 2021

Developing Mobile Digital Skills in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Digital Money and payments

Nov 8, 2021

Central Bank Digital Currencies: Motives, Economic Implications and the Research Frontier

Digital Money and payments

Nov 5, 2021

The Digitalisation of Money

Gender

Nov 5, 2021

Gendered Financial Products Research

Cryptocurrency & blockchain

Nov 2, 2021

What Does Digital Money Mean for Emerging Market and Developing Economies?

AI, ML & data

Oct 26, 2021

Toward a Global Approach to Data in the Digital Age

Financial inclusion

Oct 18, 2021

Case Studies of Multisectoral Approaches to Integrating Digital Financial Services for Women’s Financial Inclusion

Microfinance, credit, savings and insurance

Oct 15, 2021

Digitization in Microfinance: Case Studies of Pathways to Success

Mobile money & mobile technology

Oct 15, 2021

Partnership Models for Mobile-Enabled Insurance

International Remittances

Oct 14, 2021

G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments

Agriculture

Oct 14, 2021

Agri DFS: Emerging Business Models to Support the Financial Inclusion of Smallholder Farmers

Mobile money & mobile technology

Oct 14, 2021

Mobile Money API Industry Report: The Challenges of Seamless Integration

Gender

Oct 13, 2021

Digital Sub-Wallets and Household Dialogues

Cryptocurrency & blockchain

Oct 4, 2021

e-HKD: A Technical Perspective

Cryptocurrency & blockchain

Sep 30, 2021

Inthanon-LionRock to mBridge: Building a multi CBDC platform for international payments

Digital identity

Sep 30, 2021

Policy Model for Digital Identity and Electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC)

Customer needs and HCD

Sep 30, 2021

Guidelines on Individual Accountability and Conduct

AI, ML & data

Sep 30, 2021

Ethically Aligned Design

Cryptocurrency & blockchain

Sep 30, 2021

Central bank digital currencies – executive summary

Collaboration, business models and managing change

Sep 29, 2021

Pioneering Solutions in Digital Finance for Climate Resilience

Collaboration, business models and managing change

Sep 29, 2021

The Opportunity in Digital Finance for Climate Resilience (DF4CR)

Mobile money & mobile technology

Sep 28, 2021

The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2021

Financial inclusion

Sep 24, 2021

Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Gains in Financial Inclusion: Early Lessons from Regulators and Policymakers

Micro, small & medium enterprises

Sep 22, 2021

The Precarious State of MSMEs: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 and Opportunities to Support their Recovery

Latest Webinars and Podcasts

Nov 5, 2021

Écoute maintenant : Transformation digitale dans le secteur de la microfinance en Afrique : Quelles leçons tirées après deux années marquées par la crise de la Covid 19

Sep 20, 2021

Écoute maintenant : Le défi de la protection des clients des services financiers numériques en Afrique

Sep 17, 2021

Listen Now: Understanding Agricultural Digital Financial Services for Climate Resilience

Aug 30, 2021

Listen Now: Bridging the Gender Gap? Implementing Financial Literacy for Women

Aug 4, 2021

Listen Now! CBDC in Africa

Jul 27, 2021

Écoute maintenant: Comment les technologies et les produits financiers digitaux peuvent-ils dynamiser les chaines de valeur agricoles en Afrique ?

Jul 2, 2021

Listen Now! Practical Ways to Analyse Where a FSP is on Their Digital Transformation Journey

Jun 11, 2021

Listen Now: Are Stablecoins the Answer?

Jun 8, 2021

Podcast: Remittances: The Shift to Digitisation

May 28, 2021

Listen Now! Managing Cyber Risk for Financial Inclusion of the Last Mile

May 21, 2021

Listen Now: Building Faster, Better: Instant Payment Systems and Interoperability in Financial Services

May 18, 2021

Podcast: The History of Financial Inclusion

May 13, 2021

Listen Now! Human-Centred Design and Humanitarian Cash Programming

Apr 29, 2021

Listen Now: Designing for Empowerment: How can we inclusively serve micro-entrepreneurs to facilitate growth?

Apr 23, 2021

Listen Now: Exploring the relationship between mobile money regulation and usage

Apr 21, 2021

Écoutez maintenant: Le Mobile Money en Afrique : un accélérateur au service de l’inclusion financière

Apr 19, 2021

PODCAST: Financial Regulation and Supervision – are they the same or different?

Mar 25, 2021

Listen Now! Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia: analysis of the Digital Yuan, the Project Inthanon-LionRock, the pilot tests in Korea and Japan and Project Aber

Mar 14, 2021

Listen now: The power of digitizing workers payments for driving economy recovery/ le pouvoir de la digitalisation des paiements des travailleurs pour stimuler la reprise économique

Mar 4, 2021

LISTEN NOW: AI and start-ups in low and middle income countries – progress, promises and perils

Feb 19, 2021

LISTEN NOW: Rapid Innovation: How Fintechs in Africa and Asia are Adapting to COVID-19

Feb 1, 2021

LISTEN NOW: A penny today goes a long way: micro pensions as a solution against old age poverty

Nov 25, 2020

LISTEN NOW: The new digital banking models & what they mean for financial inclusion & MSME financing

Nov 24, 2020

Écoutez maintenant: Comment développer l’accès au financement des MPME en Afrique avec des sources alternatives de financement telles que le crédit digital, le Pay As You Go et le crowdfunding ?

Nov 11, 2020

LISTEN NOW: Alternative Data for MSME Credit Scoring

Oct 22, 2020

LISTEN NOW: The Journey Towards Open APIs: Insights from work with five DFS providers

Oct 20, 2020

Écoutez maintenant: Intelligence Artificielle, Biométrie, Big Data : quels apports dans le développement des services financiers en Afrique ?

Oct 15, 2020

LISTEN NOW: People’s Money: Presentation of The Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs final report

Oct 8, 2020

LISTEN NOW: Kenya’s Huduma Namba: Risks, Responses, and the Fight for Genuine Inclusion

Sep 23, 2020

LISTEN NOW: State of Aadhaar – A People’s Perspective