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Digital Transformation & Data

Cenfri contributes to building the fundamentals of welfare-enhancing digital economies. We prioritise digital transformation that is inclusive, sustainable, opportunity-creating and has appropriate safeguards. Digital transformation underpins much of our work and ranges from payments digitalisation to digital economy diagnostics, and digital skills assessments to direct digitalisation support.

Cenfri also collaborates with policymakers and other public and private sector stakeholders in data-driven decision-making that is calibrated to the data available and is designed to strengthen the existing skills and data governance processes within these organisations. The Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme is our flagship evidence-informed policymaking and data-for-decisions intervention, but we have considerable experience in using evidence to generate insights and inform policymaking and business decision-making with a view to improved economic development outcomes. Our expertise in data, payments and digital identity enables us to contribute to current DPI (digital public infrastructure) conversations.
Data and Analytics

Impamvu dukwiriye gushakira inyito mu Kinyarwanda amwe mu magambo y’ikoranabuhanga

Abamenyereye iby’ ikoranabuhanga cyane bazakubwira ko hari amagambo menshi usanga akoreshwa muri urwo rwego, udapfa gusanga mu kiboneza-mvugo cy’ikinyarwanda. Urugero ni nk’imbaraga za “nucléaire” “data”, “microchips”, n’andi atandukanye. Dufate urugero rw’ijambo ry’Icyongereza ‘Data’, abantu bakunda guhura naryo ahantu henshi hatandukanye. Ubusanzwe rikoreshwa mu gusobanura amakuru dukusanya tukayashyira kuri mudasobwa zacu

11 August, 2022
Digital Transformation & Data

CBDC for emerging markets: realities and expectations

Cenfri has deepened its work on CBDC amid growing interest from central banks Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has emerged as a key consideration for many central banks across the world and has become a focal area of research for Cenfri over the past four years. Our insights have progressed

4 August, 2022
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? Cenfri was founded in 2008 and first started working in Rwanda in 2014 when we evaluated an agricultural insurance pilot project for Access to Finance

26 July, 2022
Data and Analytics

What is data-driven decision making and what does it mean for Rwanda?

Nothing illustrates the incredible power of data-driven decision-making more than the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Lamenting the disparities in genomic sequencing data from high versus lower-middle income countries, Professor Happi, from the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria, has talked about the pressure they experienced early

25 July, 2022
The new nexus: digital governance, digital financial services and the SDGs
Data and Analytics

Building a data skills foundation is necessary to achieve meaningful digitalisation

One of the reasons so much emphasis is placed on digitalisation is that people hope digital technology will solve common, but hereto unresolved, challenges. While these digital solutions can be exciting, unless executed properly, there is always the risk of widening the digital divide. To achieve meaningful and sustainable digitalisation

15 July, 2022
Digital Transformation & Data

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 trade finance. However, there is evidence that this barrier is not impacting all SMEs the same: women owned SMEs are more likely to be rejected

3 May, 2022
The privatisation of governance
Data and Analytics

Data scientists contribute to data-driven policymaking in Rwanda

The Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme aims to support the Government of Rwanda in its vision of building an inclusive digital economy using data-driven policymaking. To support data-driven decision making through capacity building and development activities, Cenfri has welcomed eight data science interns to the team. These interns will spend the

20 April, 2022
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 the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, socio-economic challenges, infrastructure concerns and fiscal constraints still undermine many developing countries’ attempts to provide quality services

5 February, 2022
Unlocking the potential of digital platforms to transform food logistics on the African continent
Digital Africa

Unlocking the potential of digital platforms to transform food logistics in Africa

In our previous article, Can digital platforms transform first mile food logistics in Africa?, we discussed the importance of the agricultural sector to food security, income and employment in Africa as well as some of the challenges the sector faces in efficiently coordinating. We also introduced the role digital logistics platforms can potentially play in improving

12 January, 2022
Data and Analytics

Impamvu dukwiriye gushakira inyito mu Kinyarwanda amwe mu magambo y’ikoranabuhanga

Abamenyereye iby’ ikoranabuhanga cyane bazakubwira ko hari amagambo menshi usanga akoreshwa muri urwo rwego, udapfa gusanga mu kiboneza-mvugo cy’ikinyarwanda. Urugero ni nk’imbaraga za “nucléaire” “data”, “microchips”, n’andi atandukanye. Dufate urugero rw’ijambo ry’Icyongereza ‘Data’, abantu bakunda guhura naryo ahantu henshi hatandukanye. Ubusanzwe rikoreshwa mu gusobanura amakuru dukusanya tukayashyira kuri mudasobwa zacu

11 August, 2022
Digital Transformation & Data

CBDC for emerging markets: realities and expectations

Cenfri has deepened its work on CBDC amid growing interest from central banks Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has emerged as a key consideration for many central banks across the world and has become a focal area of research for Cenfri over the past four years. Our insights have progressed

4 August, 2022
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? Cenfri was founded in 2008 and first started working in Rwanda in 2014 when we evaluated an agricultural insurance pilot project for Access to Finance

26 July, 2022
Data and Analytics

What is data-driven decision making and what does it mean for Rwanda?

Nothing illustrates the incredible power of data-driven decision-making more than the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Lamenting the disparities in genomic sequencing data from high versus lower-middle income countries, Professor Happi, from the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria, has talked about the pressure they experienced early

25 July, 2022
The new nexus: digital governance, digital financial services and the SDGs
Data and Analytics

Building a data skills foundation is necessary to achieve meaningful digitalisation

One of the reasons so much emphasis is placed on digitalisation is that people hope digital technology will solve common, but hereto unresolved, challenges. While these digital solutions can be exciting, unless executed properly, there is always the risk of widening the digital divide. To achieve meaningful and sustainable digitalisation

15 July, 2022
Digital Transformation & Data

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 trade finance. However, there is evidence that this barrier is not impacting all SMEs the same: women owned SMEs are more likely to be rejected

3 May, 2022
The privatisation of governance
Data and Analytics

Data scientists contribute to data-driven policymaking in Rwanda

The Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme aims to support the Government of Rwanda in its vision of building an inclusive digital economy using data-driven policymaking. To support data-driven decision making through capacity building and development activities, Cenfri has welcomed eight data science interns to the team. These interns will spend the

20 April, 2022
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 the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, socio-economic challenges, infrastructure concerns and fiscal constraints still undermine many developing countries’ attempts to provide quality services

5 February, 2022
Unlocking the potential of digital platforms to transform food logistics on the African continent
Digital Africa

Unlocking the potential of digital platforms to transform food logistics in Africa

In our previous article, Can digital platforms transform first mile food logistics in Africa?, we discussed the importance of the agricultural sector to food security, income and employment in Africa as well as some of the challenges the sector faces in efficiently coordinating. We also introduced the role digital logistics platforms can potentially play in improving

12 January, 2022
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