Renée Hunter is a Research Associate on the Data & Skills team within the insight2impact facility at Cenfri. In this role, Renée is responsible for scanning fintech developments, generating analytical evaluation frameworks for innovation, supporting the design and implementation of tech competitions, direct support to financial developers, and assisting in the building and supporting of fintech and broader innovation ecosystems. She has also supported large country diagnostic processes, bringing together industry stakeholders, regulators and development partners to identify imperatives for financial sector market development. She is passionate about using her work to make the invisible visible, shedding light on the financial needs and realities of under-represented market segments – particularly different female segments. Renée’s work has spanned the African continent.
Before she joined Cenfri, Renée worked as a junior business developer for an independent video systems integrator in the Netherlands, where she was responsible for devising a strategic plan to enter the emerging eHealth market in the Benelux region and Germany. She had also worked at the South African Institute of International Affairs, where she co-authored a study on regional barriers to business in the SADC region.