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This blog examines whether we will really realize the full potential of the digital revolution. It asks: Who will have access to technology? And what are the technological and psychological barriers inhibiting the uptake and use of “digital”?
This blog reviews the impact of interest capping on access to finance in the banking sector in Kenya after The Banking (Amendment) Act 2016: Read more.
Twenty years ago, MicroSave was set up to try to support the development of savings and other non-credit services for low-income households.
This blog helps us to understand merchant behaviour and barriers while looking at opportunities that will help in the adoption and active usage of mobile money merchant payment solutions among businesses in Cote D’ Ivoire.
The population of the DRC is extremely dispersed in a country with low levels of education, a history of financial shocks, conflict and poor infrastructure. A recent study has shown that, even excluding the population in deep rural areas, only 2.3 million (12%) of the adult population have a bank account [1] . Despite these challenges, the number of […]
With over 10 to 12 million young people entering the job market yearly on the African continent, the private sector, despite its dynamism, cannot create enough jobs to absorb them. The global jobs crisis has exacerbated the vulnerability of young people in terms of (i) higher unemployment; (ii) lower quality jobs for those who find […]