Cenfri supports policymakers, regulators, development partners and market actors to harness data, AI and digital transformation in ways that contribute to welfare-enhancing outcomes. This is true across our portfolio but three workstreams focus specifically on strengthening the foundations required for data and digital technologies to create value for governments, businesses and citizens. These are:
The promise of open finance has led to a rapid proliferation in countries exploring implementation globally. However, it also comes with costs and risks — particularly as highly sensitive personal information is being made shareable. For African regulators and policymakers, open finance is an important emerging trend that requires a
Ghana’s tourism industry presents an exciting landscape for growth, offering significant potential for youth employment and entrepreneurship. However, an effective digital presence is a prerequisite for competitiveness in the global tourism sector and in Ghana, digital technology adoption among tourism operators remains nascent. Data and digital technology increasingly enable tourism
The following is a brief from the insight2impact Data Quality team on their work with financial service providers (FSPs) on pioneering innovations in the application of GIS. It aims to provide a brief snapshot into the possibilities that financial access mapping can unlock. This document forms part of a forthcoming
More and more financial service providers (FSPs) are looking to data to inform investment decisions, such as “Where should we roll out financial service points?” Increasingly Geospatial (GIS) data is being included amongst the datasets FSPs are using when making decisions to improve the effectiveness of their investments. GIS data
Insight2impact hosted a workshop for the FSD Network entitled Location Matters: GIS in Financial Inclusion on 22 and 23 July 2015. This two-day workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, focused on how Financial Sector Deepening Trusts (FSDs) and their partners can use geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial data to better
The insight2impact data quality team supports Mozambique’s Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDMoç) in their efforts to make geospatial data accessible to financial inclusion stakeholders, particularly financial service providers. This process note serves to capture key learnings of the journey to date. Process notes will be updated periodically, with the aim
