This policy brief stresses the key challenges faced by SMEs on the continent and analyzes how these challenges are likely to be exacerbated by COVID-19.

This study offers a unique perspective by comparing concrete experiences of large companies to small and medium enterprises.

This project analysis provides insights into the types of consumer protection issues faced by consumers across financial providers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

This case study summarizes key lessons learned during the first three years of implementing a choice-based G2P payments model.

This study aims to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women-led MSMEs in 13 African countries hoping to contribute to further strengthening of outcomes for those MSMEs.

This case study answers the question of whether digital technologies can act as a catalyst in unlocking market constraints with the sole aim of creating the desired impact among the last mile.

This brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts on how COVID-19 has affected savings groups and how these groups have helped mitigate the pandemic’s negative consequences in sub-Saharan Africa.

This study primarily focuses on micro and small enterprises in Senegal and their coping strategies during the pandemic. It provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to support them.

This report highlights the current landscape of micro, small and medium enterprises financing policies in Africa and provides recommendations and best-practice examples.

This case study​ benchmarks the impact and potential of mobile financial services in several low-income markets in Africa.