Insights
‘I’ll buy eight tomatoes — I’m paying with mobile money’
Convincing agri-enterprises that sell inputs to, or buy crops from, rural communities to embrace digital payments is seen as a potential path to de-throning cash — the undisputed king of commerce in emerging markets.
Launch of digital financial services handbook for agriculture
SIA is pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Financial Services Handbook for Agriculture, a product of IFC and Mastercard Foundation’s Partnership for Financial Inclusion, a joint initiative to expand microfinance and advance digital financial services (DFS) in Sub-Saharan Africa.
But I don’t need another SIM card… Interoperability and bulk payments
With funding from USAID’s Global Development Lab, SIA has been supporting the USAID Rwanda mission in helping IPs transition to mobile money for their last mile payment needs.
Blockchain’s impact on development, in the words of the Zen master
We are all familiar with the dramatic impact that mobile communications and the near ubiquitous access to communications technology has had on development. Will blockchain have a similar impact? In the words of the Zen master, “we’ll see.”
Practicing what we preach: Initiating bulk payment disbursements
The Tigo Ghana head office sits on a shady, surprisingly quiet road in central Accra, nestled next to government buildings and museums.