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The tip of the (data) iceberg in Uganda
Faith owns a small fruit-selling business in Uganda. Like most small business owners in Uganda, Faith started her enterprise with her own income and [...]
The data effects of mobile money in Uganda
As you leave Kampala and its busy streets, you head into rural Uganda where you exchange small shops and boda-bodas for plots of coffee, maize, goats [...]
Save me from myself
Exploring the disconnect between providers and consumers of savings products in Zambia “Yes, I do save. I have a bank account in Kabwe, two hours [...]
Farming for data in Kenya
Thoughts from the first event in the #DataHacks4FI meet-up series in Nairobi In Kenya, agriculture is the second largest contributor to GDP and the [...]
A river gets full through its tributaries
Building mutually beneficial financial inclusion communities through data The first language that l was exposed to as a child was Sotho/Tswana. My [...]
Getting ahead of the curve: How the regulatory discourse on M-insurance is changing
Nearly a year ago, we joined the A2ii in Abidjan to sit down with a roomful of regulators to discuss the challenges and imperatives CIMA faces in [...]
What use is financial inclusion, when you can’t pay the bills?
The 2017 budget, unveiled by the Minister of Finance Honourable Felix Mutati in Zambia earlier this month incorporates new austerity measures but has [...]
Paid, but not paying off
Your alarm goes off. It’s 3am on the last Friday of the month. You don’t hesitate to get out of bed. You know you need to get to the local office [...]
Could this be microinsurance’s uber moment?
Over the last decade, microinsurance has grown from covering fewer than 100 million risks to covering more than 500 million. But are we overstating [...]
Closing gaps, building bridges
Can the location of a platinum mine help financial service providers (FSPs) identify where to locate a bank branch or ATM? What about the locations [...]