Digital solutions for inclusive economies

Strategic Impact Advisors is a global consulting firm that provides technical assistance to help people overcome barriers and improve their lives through technology and analysis.

  • Together with agribusinesses and mobile money companies, we digitize value chains, facilitate customized digital financial literacy training, support the digital transformation of agribusinesses, and conduct digital agriculture assessments.

  • We increase access to DFS for underserved communities. We’ve seen how improving people’s access to and usage of DFS alleviates poverty, fosters resilience, and contributes to more inclusive digital economies and the achievement of development outcomes.

  • In collaboration with partners, we expand digital financial services to unlock financing of off-grid energy products and other essential products, like smartphones.

  • We promote financial inclusion and support humanitarian response by expanding access to appropriate digital payment modalities. We convene governments and donors around advancing the use of DFS, manage grants to develop institutional preparedness, facilitate providers’ investment, and assess the impact of DFS on humanitarian programming.

  • We work to advance women’s economic empowerment and digital inclusion through research, advisory, and technology designed and developed to close the gender gap and transform the lives of women.

FEATURED BLOG POST


Acting on the Unknown: The Missing Data in Digital Agriculture

We have been working to advance the use of digital technologies in agriculture since our founding. Over the years, and still this year, we continue to confront a gap in current data on smallholder farmers and the organizations that serve them — a gap that makes program design exceedingly challenging. What impact does this lack of data have on products and services designed for smallholder farmers, and what could be a potential remedy?

 

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Supporting the advancement of digital agriculture in Zimbabwe

Our newly released assessment for USAID/Zimbabwe provides an overview of the digital agriculture ecosystem to inform current and future programming that supports the advancement and adoption of digital agriculture tools. We conducted comprehensive desk research and held key informant interviews with a range of stakeholders to establish an understanding of the products and services available in Zimbabwe, as well as their current and potential usage.