Refugees are not an obvious customer segment for financial service providers (FSPs). It is not hard to see why: in a world where refugees are too often portrayed as very poor, vulnerable, with few tangible assets and little stability, where are the incentives to enter...
Refugees have a strong need for comprehensive financial services to support their livelihoods. Refugees, like other relatively low-income segments, need: savings or transaction accounts to safely store their income and minimise the risk of theft; loan products to support...
Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day 2018! Through our #PressforProgress campaign, we are proud to share information about our partnerships that are supporting women’s economic empowerment in a variety of ways. The Strathmore Business School (SBS) is a...
FSD Africa in partnership with East Africa Venture Capital Association (EAVCA), Intellecap and FMO have published the findings of their sector study on the investment opportunities in FinTechs within East Africa. The report’s core explores the funding options...
East Africa is emerging as a hub for crowdfunding. However, there are no specific, bespoke regulations, or policies governing crowdfunding in East or South Africa, according to a new report published today by the Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa) in...
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) on behalf of the Government of Rwanda, would like to procure services for a consultant to provide expert Technical Assistance (Pension, Insurance and related IT) for the implementation of a long term Saving/Pension Scheme for the country...
Overview Access to Finance Rwanda wishes to hire a Digital Financial Services Technical Advisor to support its work developing DFS markets in Rwanda. A more detailed description of this position can be found here. If you wish to apply, please follow the instructions...
Earlier in 2016, FSD Africa partnered with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and Anjarwalla & Khanna to conduct a regulatory review of different crowdfunding models across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. This project is now in its final stages and...
This is a report published by AlliedCrowds in July 2016 on the Crowdfunding landscape in East Africa. It is based on research that FSD Africa commissioned in late 2015. The report examines the crowdfunding supply-side in four East African countries (Kenya, Rwanda,...
In June 2016, the crowdfunding industry in East Africa met for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya. The indaba hosted over 60 leading platforms, regulators, donors, researchers and business service providers from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The event highlighted...
