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Payments and Remittances

Tailored CBDC technical assistance in emerging markets

Recognising the importance of digital payments as a contributor to financial inclusion, central banks in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly looking to address the remaining

Policy and Regulation

Consumer protection in digital finance

The authors of this report would like to acknowledge the support of the International Dialogue on Consumer Protection in Context of the SDGs, coordinated by

remittance
Payments and Remittances

Lessons on improving remittance access in Africa

Learnings from the Remittance Access Initiative (RAI) in partnership with IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances Cenfri, in partnership with IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances recently

Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme

Agriculture an important policy priority for Rwanda

Agriculture plays a major role in the Rwandan economy: close to 75% of the population’s livelihood depends on farming. However, the majority of these farmers

Payments and Remittances

The potential of CBDCs for financial inclusion

Will CBDC solve your financial inclusion woes or further exclude the vulnerable?   Central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC) may alleviate financial exclusion barriers, but it comes

Digital Africa

Cenfri joins the Smart Africa Alliance

Kigali, Monday 29th August 2022  – The Smart Africa Alliance welcomes Cenfri as an international non-profit member to advance Smart Africa’s digital transformation initiatives. With

Policy and Regulation

Responsive and responsible regulation

The value of non-legally binding guidance Regulation is the regulator’s strongest and most fundamental tool; but it can take years to be published. In Zambia,

African Fintech Radar
Insurance for development

Insurance Innovation Dialogue

About the Insurance Innovation Dialogue  To support insurance regulatory authorities in sub-Saharan Africa strike a balance between innovation and risk, FSD Africa set up the

Payments and Remittances

Delivering remittances at the last mile

The role of enabling identity regulation in Ghana  Recent data shows that remittances continue to play a critical role in Ghana. According to Ghana’s 2020

Technology and Innovation

Applying a gender lens to trade finance

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered engines of economic growth and development, especially in developing economies, yet they continue to be disproportionately rejected from

Unlocking the digital economy in Senegal
Resilience

The role of women and finance in climate action

A changing climate affects everyone, but it’s the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, predominantly women and girls, who bear the brunt of environmental, economic and

Digitalizing farm to table supply chains in Asia
Policy and Regulation

Digitalizing farm to table supply chains in Asia

On-demand transport services and insurtech  Whether as a customer or a business, digital platforms that connect people and services are ubiquitous today. The adoption of technology in food

Digital Africa

Supporting digital transformation in Rwanda

Fiacre Mushimire, Cenfri’s Policy Lead, answered some questions about the breadth of Cenfri’s work in Rwanda. How and when did Cenfri start work in Rwanda?

Insurance for development

Insurance supervisors’ responses to COVID-19

Importance of insurance amplified by COVID-19 pandemic  The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes one of the largest recent shocks to the African continent and has amplified the

Bridging the MSME identification gap
Resilience

Insurance for MSMEs

The GIZ Compendium on how to improve insurance for MSMEs in a number of countries.  The work compiled in this compendium includes knowledge-building products, training

Digital Africa

Digitally-enabled access to basic services

A scoping study of five African countries Access to basic services –education, energy, health – is an important socio-economic development goal and directly relevant to

Payments and Remittances

How to improve access to remittances

Unlocking the economic force of remittances for reaching low-income and rural customers with IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances under the Remittance Access and Innovation (RAI)

MSME resilience in Ghana
Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

MSME resilience in Ghana

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make vital contributions to growth, employment and livelihoods, representing more than 90% of businesses and

Can digital platforms transform first mile food logistics in Africa?
Digital Africa

Digitalisation to improve food supply chain efficiency

Can digital platforms transform first mile food logistics in Africa?  The agricultural sector is responsible for food security and is a major contributor to livelihoods across the globe, but particularly

Strengthening financial integrity through inclusion
Integrity – AML/CFT and Combatting Illicit Flows

Strengthening financial integrity through inclusion

How proof of address fell In our financial integrity work, we found that in the wake of global efforts to curb money laundering and combat the

Insurance for development

Upscaling mobile-based health insurance in Kenya

Britam and M-TIBA receive Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) funding to scale up mobile-based health insurance Britam and M-TIBA have received funding from Zurich based

Impact narrative

How Cenfri makes change happen

Here at Cenfri, impact guides everything we do. As an economic impact agency, we aim to solve problems to build digital and financial inclusion in

Unlocking the digital economy in Senegal
Digital Africa

Unlocking the digital economy in Senegal

The Mastercard Foundation has set an objective to enable 30 million young Africans, especially women, to secure employment that they see as dignified and fulfilling

Digital Africa

Guidance on start-up support in Ethiopia

Recommendations to support digital start-ups Cenfri supported Digital Financial in producing a technical guide on the creation of a fund to support a digital start-up

Guidance for policymakers on financial health
Measurement in Financial Inclusion

Guidance for policymakers on financial health

The UNSGSA Financial Health Working Group (FHWG) was convened by HM Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance

Uganda proportionate risk assessment
Technology and Innovation

Financial sector innovation in Africa

An impact snapshot  In 2016, Cenfri and FSD Africa launched a five-year partnership to address barriers and identify opportunities for financial sectors across sub-Saharan Africa

Bridging the MSME identification gap

Bridging the MSME identification gap

Cenfri and Cornerstone partnered with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLIEF) to boost economic potential for African businesses by bridging the micro, small and medium enterprises

The FATF standards and the unintended consequences
Integrity – AML/CFT and Combatting Illicit Flows

The FATF standards and the unintended consequences

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the intergovernmental standard-setting body and watchdog for anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism and other illicit financial

Financial sector innovation and cybersecurity risks
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Financial sector innovation and cybersecurity risks

Cenfri, with support from GIZ and in collaboration with On Think Tanks, is hosting a series of digital dialogues  to explore issues at the intersection of digital governance, digital financial services (DFS) and the Sustainable Development

Responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in financial services
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in financial services

Cenfri, with support from GIZ and in collaboration with On Think Tanks, is hosting a series of digital dialogues to explore issues at the intersection of digital governance, digital financial services (DFS) and the Sustainable Development

Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Interoperability of data

The next paradigm shift for financial markets in the development world Last year I had the opportunity to interview an executive at one of Malawi’s

The privatisation of governance
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

The privatisation of governance

Just a few years ago, there were strict rules about who was allowed to provide which services in what countries, with national governments controlling the

COVID-19 is catalysing insurance innovation in Africa, but there is more at stake
COVID-19 impact and recovery

COVID-19 catalyses insurance innovation

But in Africa, there is more at stake A key imperative identified by our deep-dive studies across four sub-Saharan African countries was that for the insurance sector to contribute to sustainable development, policymakers and

Insurers: It’s about risk rather than rules
Insurance for development

Insurers: It’s about risk rather than rules

Why supervising risk, rather than rules, matters when developing insurance markets A series of recent deep-dive studies across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda have shown

Policy catalogue on MSMEs financing in Africa
Policy and Regulation

MSMEs financing in Africa  

A framework for enabling access to finance for MSMEs in Africa    Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been cited as one of the strongest drivers of economic

Holistic interventions for MSME resilience 
Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Holistic interventions for MSME resilience 

A guidebook using nine Asian countries (Cambodia, India, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam) under the GIZ Integrated Climate and Disaster Risk Management Framework. 

Eswatini’s journey towards revolutionising its payments system 
Payments and Remittances

Eswatini’s National Payment System Vision 2025

Eswatini’s journey towards revolutionising its payments system  In 2009, the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) published the Swaziland National Payment System (NPS) Vision 2009–2016 made significant inroads in developing

Rethinking governance in a digital age
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Rethinking governance in a digital age

WIRED: Social media CEOs hearing can’t defend their business model When Clive Humby (while advising UK retailer Tesco on the use of data in their loyalty

Insurers and capital market development
Insurance for development

Insurers and capital market development

What can be done to unlock the role of insurers in developing African capital markets?  Shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, local currency portfolio outflows

Platforms for employment
Digital Africa

Platforms for employment

Leveraging digital labour platforms to provide jobs for graduates in Nigeria Nigeria faces a huge challenge of unemployment, with 27% of the population out of

From product provider to trusted risk advisor
Insurance for development

From product provider to trusted risk advisor

Unlocking the SME insurance market through a holistic approach to building resilience. I recently moved into an apartment above a popular Cape Town restaurant, the

Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Transparent value chains for sustainability

Promoting sustainable supply chains and improving standards for dignified work  Supply chains are intrinsically complex flows of goods, money and services. Their traceability refers to

Regulating for innovation toolkit
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Regulating for innovation: A supervisory toolkit

A supervisory toolkit to help regulators navigate their role and guide decisions in regulating for innovation.   The need to create an environment that enables innovation is an increasingly

Rethinking governance in a digital age

FinNeeds toolkit

A guide to using the FinNeeds approach to financial inclusion measurement. FinNeeds is the name of insight2impact’s (i2i’s) financial needs measurement framework. This framework is

Uganda proportionate risk assessment
COVID-19 impact and recovery

Assessing risks with limited actuaries

The versatile proportionate risk assessment tool developed by The International Actuarial Association  For effective risk-based financial management and supervision, individuals and organisations need to identify the key risks before they can be managed or supervised. To

African insurance market
Resilience

Building African insurance market resilience

The need to build greater resilience in Africa and globally has been clearly demonstrated by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our society.