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Launch of digital financial services handbook for agriculture

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.

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Future of mobile money for cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana

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.

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Empowering women with DFS

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.

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