Navigating Through COVID-19: A Snapshot on How the Pandemic Affected MSMEs in Sierra Leone
Country assessment reflecting the impact of the pandemic on banked enterprises
Resilient and Inclusive Financial Services Delivery During COVID-19
This report draws on the lessons that main actors in Zambia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone have learned about resilience in the times of COVID-19 and identifies key insights into how they have continued to expand financial inclusion.
Leveraging Digital ID and e-KYC for the Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons: Risks and Opportunities
This report discusses the challenges and bottlenecks preventing the wider adoption of digital ID and e-KYC to advance the financial inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in Rwanda, Mauritania, and Eswatini.
How to Design Client-Centric Financial Solutions for Women Smallholders
BRAC International Microfinance shares five lessons from their experience designing and testing tailor-made agri-credit solutions in Rwanda, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Feasibility Study on Climate Risk Insurance in Sierra Leone
This study examines the growing impact of climate induced disaster on the agriculture sector in Sierra Leone and explores financial gaps that could feasibly be filled through climate risk insurance solutions.
Facilitating Access to Finance for MSMEs in Agriculture in Sierra Leone
By addressing the need for improved access to financial services and support for MSMEs in agriculture, the project aims to contribute to the creation of jobs and the sustainable and inclusive economic development of the sector.
Sierra Leone Government, EU, and UNDCF Officially Launch 'Salone Access to Finance' Project to Empower Farmers
This pioneering initiative will improve access to finance over the next five years, contributing to scale up digital financial solutions and piloting insurance to 500,000 low-income farmers, including women, youth entrepreneurs.
Mauritania Commissions Germany’s G+D to Design Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
Known as the digital ouguiya, the potential CBDC would complement cash.