Apply Now: $120,000 for African Financial Technology Startup Companies
Across the African continent, new financial technology (fintech) companies are driving a inclusion revolution. More people in more countries are moving from cash-based...
Use Interactive Voice Response to Reach More African Women
An extract from Strong Connections
As we wind our way slowly through the market in Accra, we stop to visit several clients of Opportunity International Savings...
Apply Now: $50,000 for Your Last Mile Mobile Money Startup Idea
Thoughtfully designed digital financial services such as better access to working capital, on/off ramps from physical to digital and cryptocurrency solutions, affordable...
The Benefits of Central Bank Digital Currencies for African Countries
The evolution of money and payment systems delivers is creating new opportunities and business models alongside new challenges. As economies are becoming more digital,...
5 Reasons Digital Financial Services Need Accessible Grievance Redress Mechanisms
India has been innovating in digital financial services with a view to reaching its most marginalised people easily. For instance, social welfare amounts get transferred...
How Was mBanking Successfully Embraced in Bangladesh?
Bringing mBanking to Bangladesh has had many bumps along the road. Before introducing mBanking to Bangladesh, 87% of the population didn’t have a bank account...
ICT: Changing the Face of Agriculture
The mere mention of agriculture conjures, for many, outmoded images of a backbreaking industry. It’s an image that holds true in some places where few farmers...