The insight2impact I i2i facility is pleased to welcome Celina Lee as Lead. Celina brings 15 years of financial inclusion, data and management experience from across Latin America, Asia and Africa.
We have launched a COVID-19 Tracker, The survey themes include health and risk behaviours, food security, income, work and job security, personal safety concerns, and access to government and community support. www.covid19tracker.africa
The insight2impact I i2i facility is pleased to welcome Celina Lee as Lead. Celina brings 15 years of financial inclusion, data and management experience from across Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Nkosi introduces the i2i Applications Lab
DataHack4FI Season 1 in-country winner for Ghana
The first in-country launch of DataHack 4 Financial Inclusion Season 2 takes place in Ghana, November 2017
The second in two-part series of curated links to articles offering tips on developing a data strategy.
If you are not already following a data-oriented business strategy, it can be difficult to know where to start. Two handbooks offer practical advice for FSPs.
Barney de Jongh, of Digital Frontiers Institute, talks to us about leveraging agents and data and driving meaningful usage of mobile money products.
Ekow Duker of Ixio Analytics talks about the way financial service providers approach and use data.
i2i is talking to financial service providers about the way data can be used to unlock new markets.
i2i interviews Marc van der Zon from Hollard on the challenges and opportunities that data presents.
Morné van der Westhuizen and Alex Shabala talk to us about Zoona's creative approach to data collection.
When it comes to data, banks have assets that fintechs lack, says Pieter Vorster.
Megan Yates - Ixioanalytics
View highlights from the Mozambique FinScope Consumer Survey 2019 comparing levels of financial inclusion between 2019 and 2014.
View highlights from the Mozambique FinScope Consumer Survey 2019 comparing levels of financial inclusion between 2019 and 2014.
Mozambique implemented the 3rd Mozambique FinScope Survey to help monitor and evaluate sector interventions driven by the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS).
Read this 2019 full report for more information about the state of financial inclusion in Mozambique.
Four findings from the DataHack4FI Innovation Competition.
Exploring the relationship between platforms, participants and financial services.
The MAP country implementation is a key pillar of the SADC FI strategy, implemented with the SADC Secretariat and the SADC Committee for Central Bank Governors.
The forum was held under the theme “Strengthening Financial Inclusion in Zimbabwe, from Policy to Practice: Lessons and Way Forward”
The fourth SADC Financial Inclusion Forum was held this year to further advance the aspirations of the SADC Strategy on Financial Inclusion and SME access to finance.
Exploring behavioural interventions to increase formal remittances.
An update on behavioural interventions which have proven to influence financial decisions.
Exploring behavioural interventions to improve insurance.
MAP is a diagnostic and programmatic framework to support expanding access to financial services for individuals and micro and small- businesses.
Learnings on the data science landscape in Africa from the DataHack4FI initiative
While financial inclusion has risen to 68% globally, Sub Saharan Africa continues to lag with only 32% of its citizens having an account at a financial institution.
Behavioural interventions to better meet the financial needs of consumers
Digital platforms connecting buyers and sellers of goods and services across Africa are on the rise. Learn more about our research and week of learning in Lagos.
We recently rolled out a pilot study in Nigeria, to explore the digital financial services landscape and how it serves the people. Learn more about our findings here.
We take a closer look at financial inclusion research and the shift towards using transactional data to develop more meaningful indicators.
Read more about our work with the Nigerian Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and the key findings from our transactional data analysis.
We investigate the prospect of new financial inclusion indicators for policymakers, through transactional data analysis.
What opportunities does the digitisation of value chains create for the delivery of financial services?
This pocket guide represents some of the key market data on financial inclusion.
Read our interview with an entrepreneur building a digital identity business in Africa.
In mid-July, FinMark Trust and Bankable Frontiers Associate (BFA) set off to Malawi to conduct a feasibility study of the potential of a digital financial identity
Marissa Dean of Caribou Digital talks data and digital development in the financial sector.
Prof Bitange Ndemo speaks to us about data, blockchain and innovation in Africa.
Using the example of three specific financial inclusion initiatives, we examine what drives usage.
The current economic situation in South Africa presents a large number of people relying on the informal economy,
DataHack4FI in-country winners from Ghana offer a multiple-database-verification API solution to identity verification.
A list of curated links for those looking to improve their data skills and access data science networks.
See what the i2i needs measurement framework reveals about consumer behaviour in Zimbabwe.
Proud new partnership between insight2impact (i2i) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI)
Many people don’t actively use formal financial services. Understanding why can render important policy insights. This note unpacks the various drivers of usage.