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Savings at the Frontier – Getting closer
Savings at the Frontier (SatF) was set up in 2015 to promote formal financial service…
Financial Inclusion in Zambia and the role of the ADFP
On an ordinary day, Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city, is laden with agents on almost every…
Zooming in on Informal Savings Mechanisms in Zambia
This study of informal savings mechanisms (ISMs) and their users was conducted in three provinces…
Diagnostic study of the Zambian payments system
This diagnostic study by Cenfri explores Zambia’s payments landscape and provides insight and key learnings…
How Digital Finance is Bringing Change to Peoples’ Lives
In 2014, Mastercard Foundation and UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) formed a partnership to try to…
The Unheard Cry of a Female Mobile Money Agent in Zambia
Walking along the streets of Lusaka Zambia, you see mobile money kiosks on almost every…
LISTEN NOW: Financial Education: Bridging the Literacy Gap and Empowering to Financial Inclusion
This webinar explores the importance of financial education in helping people more from living day-to-day…
We Need to Talk About Credit
In the past five years, we have seen a lot of change in how credit…
Labour Pains: Discovering the Financial Lives of Zambian Mothers
Zambian women are still largely excluded from formal financial services, and gender barriers are high…
Insights as to how to engage women farmers in digital financial services
This infographic from Mercy Corps gives six insights as to how to engage women farmers in digital…
Launch of the Association of Digital Finance Practitioners (ADFP) in Zambia
Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) are proud to have been part of the launch of the…
Mystery Shopping for Digital Financial Services: A Toolkit
This toolkit was developed with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in partnership…
Community of Practice – 2018 achievements
213 Community of Practice (COP) meetings were held in 2018 with 1494 places being filled,…
Reaching the last mile: Introducing Digital Payments for Refugees in Meheba, Zambia
This case study focuses on the journey to design and implement a project to digitize…
Mapping the Retail Payment Services Landscape: Zambia
This report on Zambia’s retail payments landscape is part of a series commissioned by FinMark…