Insights
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.
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.
Tracing the path of cash through India pt. 2: DFS and India’s emerging middle class
In February, Shelley Spencer and Nicholas Lesher traveled to New Delhi to launch a report on the distinct financial attitudes, abilities, and behavior patterns of the emerging middle class.
Tracing the path of cash through India
Achieving the dream of a digital economy is a daunting task for a country of 1.2 billion, but one that is evidently underway.
Future of mobile money for cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana
SIA has published a report on the design and execution of a market research study in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire that determined the demand for digital financial services in the cocoa value chain with an emphasis on farmer financial inclusion and the potential of mobile money to enhance farmers’ livelihoods.
Empowering women with DFS
Researchers and implementers have long known that women play a central role in financing family and community needs. What we are now finding is that DFS tools can enhance their role.