Welcome to FinMark Trust

Interest on Mobile Money in Zimbabwe “Paying the customer their dues”

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?

Digitalisation, FI strategies, Mobile money, SADC

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.

South Africa

SADC Innovation Challenge Lookbook

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

Zambia, Lesotho, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania

SADC Innovation and Investment Challenge ft. Tomi Davies

Masterclass with Tomi Davies, Building an investment worthy startup

Supporting SMEs through the COVID-19 Pandemic Webinar

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

Innovation ecosystem scoping in the SADC region

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

Innovation, SADC

Zambia, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania

Southern African Development Community

Programmes

Agricultural

By promoting greater access to financial services we focus on ensuring that small scale farmers are empowered to participate in the agricultural economy.

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Digitalisation

The positive impact of digital financial services on the poor is well documented globally. These services provide efficient, cost effective and more accessible solutions to accessing formal financial services.

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Cross-border remittances

Cross-border payments are financial transactions where the payer and the recipient are based in separate countries.

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MSMEs

Through the MSME MAP (Making Access Possible) framework, an evidence-based strategy to support MSMEs is developed for different countries. The process identifies dominant sectors, sizes the value of the sector, assesses blockages to growth for the MSMEs in the sectors.

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Policy and Regulation

A well-developed policy and regulatory environment ensures the market operates efficiently and at scale, whilst also taking into account the needs of all of the stakeholders that participate in it – both consumers and providers.

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Gender with a focus on women

Gender equality is fundamental to achieving economic growth and poverty reduction. FMT is committed to accelerating efforts towards the gender equality and empowerment of women.

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Data for financial markets

The FinScope Consumer Survey is uniquely aimed at increasing understanding of the informal financial product/service market.

Gathering data is the easy part, knowing what to do with it more complex. Our team of researchers, statisticians, and data scientist can analyse FinScope or Big Data to generate evidence and insights.

The proliferation of mobile devices has presented researchers with a golden opportunity to rethink the way data is collected.

The data portal hosts multiple public datatypes and analytical tools that allow stakeholders to compare indicators across countries and jurisdictions.

This geospatial offering supports the centering of financial infrastructure around consumers, as well as using location intelligence to inform key decision areas.