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Digital Africa

Ambitions around an increasingly digital and connected Africa, underscored by accelerated digitalisation in response to COVID-19 and technological change, have profound implications for life on the continent.

We are exploring the impact of digitalisation on the:

  • Regulatory environment and governance of data and privacy, digital infrastructure, the digital economy (including employment conditions) and innovations in the financial sector
  • Livelihoods, skills and aspirations of young people
  • Transformation of the financial sector
  • Growth in digital platforms and their role in the economy
  • Innovation enabled through digital technology and related ecosystems
  • Future of Africa (scenarios and forces for a digital Africa)
Data and Analytics

Using transaction data for financial inclusion policy insights

Policymakers, development organisations and sometimes even private sector players, often rely on financial inclusion data uncovered through consumer or ‘demand-side’ surveys. However,  insight2impact has been exploring the analysis of financial transaction data to generate new insights on people’s financial behaviour.  We have partnered with government institutions and commercial banks to

31 March, 2020
Student accessing technology
Data and Analytics

Digital skills in Africa

How can young people in Africa develop the right skills for employment and income in the digital economy? Our landscaping study on digital skills in Africa explored this issue and trends on the future of work in Africa. The approach of this study focused on identifying recommendations to support digital

30 March, 2020
Digital platforms: unlocking economic inclusion in the rising era of smart mobility in Africa
Digital Africa

Digital platforms: unlocking economic inclusion in the rising era of smart mobility in Africa

The movement of Africa’s rapidly growing urban population will be shaped by digital technologies in the era of smart mobility. Smart mobility is the coming together of various key elements, technology, infrastructure and people, that offers flexible first-to-last mile mobility that is integrated, safe, on-demand, and cost-effective. In twenty years,

21 January, 2020
Delivering online skills training in Africa: Three keys to a successful program
Digital Africa

Delivering online skills training in Africa: Three keys to a successful programme

The shortage of data science skills is a major challenge for Africa. With relatively few local educational institutions offering dedicated data science degrees, the small contingent of existing Africa-based data scientists tend to have varied backgrounds – and they often acquire their data science skills by piecing together a range

4 November, 2019
Households
Digital Africa

Reaching for the future, searching for a vision for Africa’s digital economy

Digitalisation is disrupting markets and economic structures globally, and even advanced economies do not have a clear view of the new economy and the rules that will govern it. While it is clear that we’re going through a period of disruption and change, it’s not yet clear which of the disrupters will

7 October, 2019
Digital Africa

Inside-out: The good and the bad of insight2impact

Does this situation sound familiar? A development program runs its course, generating lots of intriguing insights and impacts – and experiencing its fair share of setbacks. These successes and failures could provide useful guidance to other initiatives. But once the program is over and the funders and implementers have moved

2 October, 2019
E-hailing
Digital Africa

Exploring Africa’s digital platforms: Insurance in e-hailing

In recent years the platform economy has rapidly transformed various economic sectors such as hospitality, ecommerce and transportation. One of the most important subsectors of the platform economy is e-hailing. E-hailing platforms connect passengers and drivers of cars, taxis or any other form of transportation using virtual devices such as

5 September, 2019
Digital Africa

Africa’s digital future: Policy scenarios

What could Africa look like in 2048?  The digital revolution is gaining ground across Africa. Ambitions around an increasingly digital and connected Africa, underscored by accelerated digitalisation in response to COVID-19 and technological change, have profound implications for life on the continent. These scenarios for Africa’s digital future aim to

31 August, 2019
Data and Analytics

Using transaction data for financial inclusion policy insights

Policymakers, development organisations and sometimes even private sector players, often rely on financial inclusion data uncovered through consumer or ‘demand-side’ surveys. However,  insight2impact has been exploring the analysis of financial transaction data to generate new insights on people’s financial behaviour.  We have partnered with government institutions and commercial banks to

31 March, 2020
Student accessing technology
Data and Analytics

Digital skills in Africa

How can young people in Africa develop the right skills for employment and income in the digital economy? Our landscaping study on digital skills in Africa explored this issue and trends on the future of work in Africa. The approach of this study focused on identifying recommendations to support digital

30 March, 2020
Digital platforms: unlocking economic inclusion in the rising era of smart mobility in Africa
Digital Africa

Digital platforms: unlocking economic inclusion in the rising era of smart mobility in Africa

The movement of Africa’s rapidly growing urban population will be shaped by digital technologies in the era of smart mobility. Smart mobility is the coming together of various key elements, technology, infrastructure and people, that offers flexible first-to-last mile mobility that is integrated, safe, on-demand, and cost-effective. In twenty years,

21 January, 2020
Delivering online skills training in Africa: Three keys to a successful program
Digital Africa

Delivering online skills training in Africa: Three keys to a successful programme

The shortage of data science skills is a major challenge for Africa. With relatively few local educational institutions offering dedicated data science degrees, the small contingent of existing Africa-based data scientists tend to have varied backgrounds – and they often acquire their data science skills by piecing together a range

4 November, 2019
Households
Digital Africa

Reaching for the future, searching for a vision for Africa’s digital economy

Digitalisation is disrupting markets and economic structures globally, and even advanced economies do not have a clear view of the new economy and the rules that will govern it. While it is clear that we’re going through a period of disruption and change, it’s not yet clear which of the disrupters will

7 October, 2019
Digital Africa

Inside-out: The good and the bad of insight2impact

Does this situation sound familiar? A development program runs its course, generating lots of intriguing insights and impacts – and experiencing its fair share of setbacks. These successes and failures could provide useful guidance to other initiatives. But once the program is over and the funders and implementers have moved

2 October, 2019
E-hailing
Digital Africa

Exploring Africa’s digital platforms: Insurance in e-hailing

In recent years the platform economy has rapidly transformed various economic sectors such as hospitality, ecommerce and transportation. One of the most important subsectors of the platform economy is e-hailing. E-hailing platforms connect passengers and drivers of cars, taxis or any other form of transportation using virtual devices such as

5 September, 2019
Digital Africa

Africa’s digital future: Policy scenarios

What could Africa look like in 2048?  The digital revolution is gaining ground across Africa. Ambitions around an increasingly digital and connected Africa, underscored by accelerated digitalisation in response to COVID-19 and technological change, have profound implications for life on the continent. These scenarios for Africa’s digital future aim to

31 August, 2019
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