Five principles and five key actions to help build trust and confidence in Kenya’s digital finance ecosystem 

Inclusive fintech Flow shares how they have adapted their model to continue providing a much-needed service during the coronavirus crisis.

How cashless transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa can be improved and expanded

A review of the top 20 digital credit companies in the country reveals that regulation is sorely needed.

Access to a mobile phone is not enough. The BOMA Project works to overcome illiteracy and innumeracy to bring digital financial services to women living in extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

A new Female-Focused Fintech Prize aims to connect and bring attention to fintech products working for women.

Albert Sie Dah, Farm Operations Manager of Advans Côte d’Ivoire, talks about how they have succeeded in serving farmers and their children with a combination of high tech and high touch.

Mobile offers significant potential to engage people at scale, connecting them to services and solutions that can improve their everyday lives. The rise of mobile banking products, such as Safaricom’s mPesa in Kenya and other digital financial services, show that overcoming specific contextual challenges and responding to the demand of low-income people at scale, requires digitally-led solutions.

Digital financial services (DFS) and FinTech innovations continued to grow in 2017, with increased trust in DFS and more interoperability. But challenges remain...

With just one telco and a focus on rural markets, Ethiopia challenges many of our assumptions as it creates its own digital finance ecosystem.