This case study looks at FSD Tanzania’s (FSDT) initiative to establish an effective alternative investment channel of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), the Enterprise Growth Market (EGM). The EGM aims to supply...
To reduce the vulnerability of poor women and men, FSD Zambia (and FinMark Trust beforehand) has undertaken to design and deliver a package of interventions to catalyse the microinsurance market in Zambia. This case study focuses in particular on the establishment of a...
M-Shwari (meaning ‘calm’ in Kiswahili) is a combined savings and loans product launched through a collaboration between the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and Safaricom. The M-Shwari account is issued by CBA but must be linked to an M-Pesa mobile money account...
FinScope, a research tool developed by FinMark Trust, is a nationally representative survey of how individuals source their income and manage their financial lives in South Africa. Created in 2002, FinScope arose in response to the dearth of data on financial inclusion...
Financial inclusion has increased significantly in Kenya. During the main period of FSD Kenya’s work with savings groups, the proportion of adults using different forms of financial services increased from 41.3% in 2009 to 66.7% in 2013; a trend that continues and...
Kenya is seen widely as a ‘stand out’ success story on financial inclusion. The 10-year period from 2005 to 2015 witnessed enormous change in the financial sector. In 2015, two-thirds of the adult population have access to formal financial services compared with...
Between August 2014 and December 2014, the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services (UIBFS) led a project to embed the Bank of Uganda’s (BOU) Financial Consumer Protection Guidelines (FCPG) in the day-to-day operations of the 31 Supervised Financial...
FSD Africa worked with the London Stock Exchange (LSEG) Academy to build capacity within Tanzania’s capital markets through targeted skills development
This publication presents the case of The Jubilee Insurance Company of Kenya that has made the strategic decision to invest intentionally in the development of a coaching culture through a three-phased leadership development programme. Jubilee Kenya’s leadership is...
This publication presents the case of a leading African financial services firm — Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA) — that has made the strategic decision to invest intentionally in the development of a coaching culture. CBA’s leadership is determined that a...
