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Towards Making Gender Equality a Reality in Organisations Across Africa.
Today more than ever, organisations across the world recognise that empowering women as employees, suppliers,…
Écoutez maintenant: Le Mobile Money en Afrique : un accélérateur au service de l’inclusion financière
Ce webinaire organisé par Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) faisait suite à la publication en…
African Remittance Market Insights
RemitSCOPE Africa compiles and analyses data on all 54 African countries providing multi-layered information on…
Le Mobile Money en Afrique:un accélérateur au service de l’inclusion financière
Promouvoir l’inclusion financière est de plus en plus un axe majeur des politiques économiques en…
LISTEN NOW: Rapid Innovation: How Fintechs in Africa and Asia are Adapting to COVID-19
The Centre for Financial Inclusion at Accion host the Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative, a yearly…
What is the Value of Pay-As-You-Go Solar for Mobile Operators?
The rapid growth of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar has been enabled by mobile money and mobile…
L’Afrique en marche vers la «cashless society»
Pourquoi les agriculteurs en Afrique devraient ils payer leurs intrants par des moyens électroniques ?…
Virtual Workshop: Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Low- and Moderate-Income Populations, and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
MSC (MicroSave Consulting), with support from the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF), conducted a workshop,…
FATF Update-COVID-19-Related-Money-Laundering-and-Terrorist-Financing-Risks
On 16 December 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published this paper providing entities…
Payment facilities and Africa’s platform ecosystem: What does the data tell us?
Digital platforms, also known as multi-sided marketplaces, are seamlessly matching customers to suppliers of goods…
Covid-19 and Remittances in Africa
The spread of Covid-19 and ‘stay at home’ measures in response to it are dramatically…
A Tale of Two Sisters: Microfinance Institutions and PAYGo Solar
The microfinance institutions of the future will not know every client personally. They will acquire…
The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018-2019
Agricultural transformation is a priority in the policy agenda of African governments in their quest…
The Digitalisation of African Agriculture Report, 2018-2019
Agricultural transformation is a priority in the policy agenda of African governments in their quest…
Profiting from Parity : Unlocking the Potential of Women’s Business in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world, with approximately 42 percent…
Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa
This report prepared at the request of the G7 French Presidency, is a blueprint for…
The ICAEW Economic Update: Quarterly Economic Forecast
ICAEW produce quarterly economic forecasts and insights for global regions for those in the finance…
The evolution of agent networks in Africa
Agent networks are seen as being key for facilitating cash-in and cash-out (CICO), particularly in…
The role of insurance for development
DFID, World Bank, FSDA and Cenfri partnered to conduct research to explore how and if…
Digital Commerce and Youth Employment in Africa
BFA, the consulting firm Chaired by DFI’s Co-Founder, David Porteous, were commissioned by the Mastercard…
Digital Access – The Future of Financial Inclusion in Africa
IFC launched Digital Access: The Future of Financial Inclusion, a report which captures the knowledge and experienced…
A Policy Framework for Innovative Cross-Border Remittances in Africa
Accounting for almost half (135) of global mobile money deployments (276), Africa has huge potential…
Digital Transformation of Microfinance and Digitization of Microfinance Services to Deepen Financial Inclusion in Africa
Through a review of the literature and interview of key individuals in the space, this…
LISTEN NOW: Establishing Digital Finance as a Profession.
This webinar, led by Juliet Monroe, Director of Financial Systems, FSDA and Gavin Krugel, DFI,…
Turning MFI Digital Strategies into Reality
Digital financial services can offer microfinance institutions (MFIs) the benefit of scaling up and extending…
How Fintech is Reaching the Poor in Africa and Asia: A Start-Up Perspective
This note produced by IFC explores the way traditional banks and financial technology companies, or…
Cost of sending money from the UK to Africa
This Remittances Infographic produced by FSD Africa shows the varied cost of transferring money from…
Digital Identity: The Essential Guide
This guide produced by ID4Africa gives an overview of the importance of digital identity as…
Reducing Costs and Scaling Up UK to Africa Remittances Through Technology
Over the past two decades, there has been a digital revolution with pioneering developments in…
Financing the Frontier: Inclusive Financial Sector Development in Fragility-Affected States in Africa
Poverty rates in Africa’s states and regions considered ‘fragility-affected’ (DFID, 2016) are, on average, 20%…
Africa Payments: Insights into African transaction flows
‘Africa is rising’ is a powerful phrase these days. The rising middle class will undoubtedly…
Remittance Markets in Africa
A substantive literature suggests that migration generates benefits for migrants, the host societies, and the…
Remittances in Africa
Remittances in Africa is a review that catalogues the main studies, policy, and technical assistance…
Facilitating Cross-Border Mobile Banking in Southern Africa
This Africa Trade Policy Note provides a description of the supply side factors influencing the…
Financial Inclusion in Africa
This publication is edited by Thouraya Triki and Issa Faye from the AfDB’s Development Research…