The UK has announced a new package to reach 750 000 people in 8 countries across Southern Africa helping communities worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Malawi Financial Inclusion Refresh

This MAP report reviews the implementation of the 2015 MAP diagnostic, considers market changes, and identifies financial inclusion interventions to grow the economy.

SASSA Grant Recipients - Generating Better Livelihoods

Documenting the findings of the research study on socio-economic factors faced by South African social grant recipients while also assessing similar global initiatives.

SASSA Grant Recipients - Improving the Financial Capability

Given the importance of social grants in the livelihoods of the poor, it is appropriate to leverage this mechanism to promote income generation and security of livelihoods.

SASSA Grant Recipients - Raising Returns

As viewed, moving grant distribution towards greater impact requires the establishment, promotion and support of inclusive digital payment ecosystems at community level.

In every crisis there is an opportunity that exists where innovative individuals can build solutions to the challenges we will be facing.

Limited support has been provided for economic migrants who send money home to support family members. See what support has been created for migrants in South Africa.

Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in selected SADC countries

This 2019 report is the third in an annual series that assess the level of financial inclusion in selected SADC countries where the MAP programme has been implemented.

Across the continent there has been a very long debate about the payment of interest on mobile money. What has the experience been like in Zimbabwe?

FinScope SA 2019 Pocket Guide

Highlighting the usage of access to financial services in South Africa in 2019, to better understand market needs and attitudes of both informal and formal offerings.

SADC Innovation Challenge Lookbook

SADC Innovation Challenge objectives, competition timelines, the thematic challenges, the participant overview, and the in-country and regional winners.

Masterclass with Craig McLeod, Term Sheets, Dev Ops and Revenue Hacks - What 20 years of building products has taught Craig McLeod.

Masterclass with Tomi Davies, Building an investment worthy startup

Our panellists discuss cross border remittances and domestic payments in selected SADC countries and the challenges faced by payments service providers.

What can we do to unlock access to finance for SMEs in South Africa?

Summary Report: Innovation Ecosystem Scoping in the SADC Region

The SADC region is not trailing far behind in the use of technological innovation to foster growth, with a small but fast-growing tech-enabled community.

African innovation refers to innovative technologies, start-ups, and programs developed by Africans for African needs and challenges – African Innovation Foundation

FinScope by Numbers Mozambique 2019 brochure (Portuguese)

View highlights from the Mozambique FinScope Consumer Survey 2019 comparing levels of financial inclusion between 2019 and 2014.

FinScope by Numbers Mozambique 2019 brochure (English)

View highlights from the Mozambique FinScope Consumer Survey 2019 comparing levels of financial inclusion between 2019 and 2014.

FinScope Consumer Survey Mozambique 2019 Pocket Guide (English)

Mozambique implemented the 3rd Mozambique FinScope Survey to help monitor and evaluate sector interventions driven by the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS).

FinScope Consumer Survey Mozambique 2019 Report (English)

Read this 2019 full report for more information about the state of financial inclusion in Mozambique.

SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (Portuguese)

O Dinheiro Móvel tem evoluído para um bem utilitário que faculta marioritariamente serviços financeiros à população não-bancária.

SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (French)

Le Mobile Money s’est développé en un outil visant à fournir des services financiers en grande partie à la population non bancarisée.

SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (English)

Mobile Money has evolved as a utility to provide financial services largely to the unbanked population.

View winners and there pitches at the SADC Innovation and Investment Challenge Finale

COVID-19 Tracking survey - Wave 3 infographic

View wave 3 data in a simple infographic with certain indicators and cross country comparisons.

South Africa to the Rest of SADC Remittance pricing report

In South Africa to the rest of SADC, Remittance Pricing report, presented are the findings from a mystery shopping exercise

South Africa to Rest of SADC Remittances 2020 Pocket Guide

Read more on the research findings on cross border remittances from South Africa to the rest of SADC 2020.

MAP MSME Malawi Roadmap 2019 Report

Development Roadmap lays out a vision and implementation framework for the development of the SME sector in Malawi.

SADC Remittance Values and Volumes 2020 report

Informal remittance markets in many countries are well established but often expose the remitter to delays and the risk of theft and other losses. 

FinScope MSME Survey Malawi 2019 Report

The Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Report is based on findings from 6 focus group discussions with over 30 MSME owners.

South Africa Youth month 2020

2020 South Africa Youth Month infographic dashboard using FinScope 2019 data

a significant portion of adult South Africans are exposed to the necessary delivery of cash to get their social grants

South Africa’s informal savings market thrives – R44 billion collectively saved in approximately 820,000 stokvels.

FinScope MSME Survey Malawi 2019 Pocket Guide

The lack of recent, holistic and reliable information about the MSME sector was identified to be a significant barrier from past consumer surveys and the MAP process.

View the webinar on the research findings - cross border remittances from South Africa to the rest of SADC here

There is a lot of attention on the effects and impact of Covid-19 on our daily lives and we are immersed in stories from all sectors in South Africa.

MAP MSME Malawi Diagnostic 2019 Report

This report captures the findings of the country context, demand-side, supply-side, and policy and regulatory reviews.

Oluwatomi Eromosele, Research Officer at EFInA joins CNBC Africa.

The health implications of COVID-19 go beyond the threat it poses itself as an illness.

The research team consists of an international team of academics across ten different international institutions.

National Covid-19 Livelihood Impact Indicators are now available!

Read more on COVID-19 livelihood impacts, health behaviours and awareness in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

We release wave 1 data for our multi-country Covid-19 Livelihoods Impact Survey.

As industries affected by physical-distancing COVID-19 measures race to reconfigure value chains, could platform business models hold the key to accelerated digitisation?

Africa’s digital platforms: Emerging trends

Trend insights on the nature and prevalence of digital platforms operating across eight African countries

No country or continent is untouched by COVID-19; but developing markets will see more short- and long-term negative social and economic effects than the developed world.

We are currently collecting data for the COVID-19 Tracker. Click on the link to visit the website for more information.

No country or continent is untouched by COVID-19; but developing markets will see more short- and long-term negative social and economic effects than the developed world.

How to ensure inclusive innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Factors which turn specific city regions into engine rooms for tech innovation and taking solutions to market.

A customer-centric approach to measuring financial needs

The future of measuring financial needs.

Measuring Financial Health

What policymakers need to know

Policymakers, development organisations and private sector players, often rely on financial inclusion data uncovered through consumer or ‘demand-side’ surveys.

Insur;Hack Report

Insights for an inclusive and tech-enabled insurance sector in Egypt.

Data Enthusiast Training: Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science

The new commitment, announced by Secretary of State Alok Sharma, represents the start of an important new approach to financial sector development in sub-Saharan Africa.

The continued journey of data science interns, Dieudonné Niyitanga and Samuel Mutinda

The Power of Individuals

Why Formal Institutions Aren’t the Only Ones Driving Africa’s Innovation and Fintech Space

Find out more about one of the course mentors’ learnings from providing support to the course participants and the key role mentorship can play.

The movement of Africa’s rapidly growing urban population will be shaped by digital technologies in the era of smart mobility.

Dieudonné Niyitanga and Samuel Mutinda's data internship journey.

‘Are We There Yet?’: How to Deal with Delays – And Other Challenges.

In Acquiring Financial Transaction Data

2019 Annual Report

We revisit our purpose of Making financial markets work for the poor by promoting financial inclusion and inclusive growth in the 2019 Annual Report.

The #AWIEF2019 participants share their thoughts from the masterclass on unlocking value for women in Africa’s digital economy

Data learnings from a community-focused financial services provider.

Read our report and insights on the financial needs of Mexicans, a pilot study in collaboration with the Mexican regulator, CNBV.

Read our summary report of the findings from the Financial Needs pilots, in partnership with AFI members from Mexico, Nigeria, Kenya, Philippines and Zimbabwe.

Read our blog with Accion Center for financial inclusion analysing frequency of usage.

Read our blog, featuring insights from BSP Philippines on new perspectives from using the financial needs approach.

Solving challenges with data-driven approaches.

Enhancing the data warehouse for data-led decision-making.

The First SADC Gender Workshop Report

SADC Secretariat, SADC Banking Association, FinMark Trust, FSD Mozambique, FSD Tanzania, FSD Zambia and Graça Machel Trust convened a 2-day SADC regional gender workshop

Finding Partners in Uncharted Territory: How to Harness Network Effect

Learning how to navigate a complex and changing stakeholder landscape is an essential skill for anyone in the social impact space.

How Can We Stop Losing Our Minds: Producing a Legacy From Development

Have you ever run, funded or been part of a development project? Have you ever thought: “We should definitely share what we learned?”

Delivering Online Skills Training in Africa

The shortage of data science skills is a major challenge for Africa. With relatively few local institutions offering degrees in the subject

Often policy makers, regulators and financial service providers are far removed from the realities of the people whose lives we are trying to improve.

Terms of reference - Financial health synthesis

insight2impact is seeking an individual or firm to synthesise existing learning and best practice on the concept and measurement of financial health.

We asked Ashley Immanuel - Head of Research, EFInA about the future of digital payments in Nigeria.

We asked Mr. Adedeji Olowe, CEO of Trium Networks and Trustee of Open Banking Nigeria about the future of digital payments in Nigeria.

We asked some of our partners about the future of digital payments in Nigeria. This is what they had to say.

We asked Dr Yinka David-West - Academic Director and Senior Fellow in Information Systems, Lagos Business School about the future of digital payments in Nigeria

We asked Dr Yinka David-West - Academic Director and Senior Fellow in Information Systems, Lagos Business School about the future of digital payments in Nigeria

We asked Mr Olubayo Adekanmbi - Chairperson, Data Science Nigeria about the future of digital payments in Nigeria.

Did you miss out on #DataHack4FI Season3 Grand Finale in Kigali? Watch the video on how this initiative is connecting #digitalskills and #innovation in Africa.

Watch the #DataHack4FI Season 3, Grand Finale video to see highlights from day one and two of the finale.

Watch the #DataHack4FI Season 3, Grand Finale photo gallery to see highlights from day one and two of the finale.

Making Technical Assistance Work in Africa

It’s not easy delivering data-driven financial services to financially excluded customers in Africa. That’s why technical assistance can be essential

Inside-Out: The Good and the Bad of insight2impact

Does this situation sound familiar? A development program generates lots of intriguing insights – but once it's over

FinScope Benin Youth 2019 dashboard

There are more youth showing high levels of accountability for monthly expenditure than seniors. See the FinScope Benin Youth 2019 dashboard.

Nigeria pilot study - Full report

Read the full report on the use of digital financial services in Nigeria

Using SMS surveys to measure digital financial inclusion

FinScope Gambia Youth 2019 dashboard

See the FinScope Gambia Youth 2019 dashboard here.

How can we ensure that financial consumers aren't negatively affected by discriminatory algorithms?

Four findings from the DataHack4FI Innovation Competition.

We remind ourselves that only by placing women in the driving seat can we help drive people out of poverty.

Interview with FinMark's CEO - Brendan Pearce on the FMT remittance strategy.

What are the various remittance products and what are their implications for consumers?

Inequality in middle income countries

This presentation is on inequality in middle income countries: A financial inclusion lens using FinScope.

Exploring the relationship between platforms, participants and financial services.

Digital platforms have the potential to contribute to financial inclusion and attainment of the SDGs more broadly.