This month, we celebrate International Women’s Day united in the 2018 theme “Press for Progress.” While much of the discussion is around how global actors are pressing for progress on women’s equality at the macro level, I’d like to take a deeper look at how a...
Just as in technology and finance industries around the world, fintech companies in Africa are grappling with a severe underrepresentation of women in leadership roles and throughout their businesses. When compiling the data in the 2017 Fintech Talent Africa report,...
There are growing calls for regulation of the cryptocurrency market, which is rapidly approaching a market capitalisation of $1 trillion. But there’s little agreement about the forms this should take. If the case for government regulation is strong, the case for a...
On 14th and 15th November 2017, the FSD Network came together for the first time ever in Livingstone, Zambia to discuss the Changing Landscape of Financial Sector Development in Africa. With over 100 participants from across sub-Saharan Africa, the conference brought...
In early November, FSD Africa brought two worlds together for the first time: taking five prominent financial service providers (FSPs) to Gihembe Refugee Camp in Rwanda to participate in a ‘Financial Product Design Sprint’ in partnership with UNHCR, Government of...
A sound communication strategy is vital to any research, and the remittances research commissioned by (FSD Africa) and conducted by Developing Markets Associates (DMA) provides a great example of such a strategy. With over 25 media features, (including BBC Focus on...
Alex is a mid-manager at an NGO in Nairobi. He’s servicing a home loan for a two-bedroom apartment in an upmarket neighborhood, and two car loans – one for him and one for his wife. His four-year-old son is in a private nursery school and Alex is considering...
Cathy pauses by the window of her fifth-floor office to look at the rain clouds gathering and the traffic beginning to build. It is four o’clock in the afternoon and her boss has just walked in to ask for a ‘short’ team meeting. She is anxious; an important...
In May 2015, FSD Africa and Women’s World Banking signed an agreement to support Diamond Bank Nigeria in its aim to reach a total of 1 million new clients by the end of 2018. In June of this year, that target of 1 million clients was achieved. FSD Africa’s support...
Part Two: How do you get a banker interested in refugees? Between 1-3 November 2017, FSD Africa brought two worlds together for the first time. Working with UNHCR, Government of Rwanda, and Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR), we took decision-makers from the banking...
