Nkosi heads up i2i's Applications Lab which seeks to increase the use of client data and research by financial service providers in the development of products and services for financially underserved individuals.
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
Nkosi heads up i2i's Applications Lab which seeks to increase the use of client data and research by financial service providers in the development of products and services for financially underserved individuals.
Herman Smit (Founder and Advisor) Interviews the new i2i lead, Celina Lee.
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.
Using transactional and CRM data to identify an underserved consumer segment
Look at what the winning teams from Season 1 DataHack4FI have achieved in the last year.
A recent study identified 18 unique behavioural interventions that FSPs can implement to influence the savings, credit, payment and insurance decisions of individuals.
Is your organisation's data sufficiently trained for the successful deployment of a chatbot?
Options for sustainable data collection
Guidelines, standards and best practices for spatial data
How a spatial understanding of financial inclusion can contribute to meaningful measurement and impact
Mobiticket is a start-up based in Nairobi. It focuses on digitising the informal public transport sector across developing countries.
A report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) explores the rise of technology-enabled innovation and ways to measure FI, with an input from i2i.
Find out why Olubayo Adekanmbi believes data innovation + local knowledge = transformation.
The DataHack4FI Season 2 launch in Accra kick-started the competition that uses data to solve problems.
Financial service providers can use behavioural interventions to help their clients overcome the intention-behaviour gap.
If trust is critical for driving usage of financial products and services, how is trust built?
We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like
A glimpse of the future of financial inclusion measurement where needs and usage are considered
A case study exploring how data can be used to overcome financial services delivery challenges.
A tool to assist practitioners more accurately interpret and report financial inclusion estimates
Lito Villanueva of FINTQ explains why banks and fintechs don't need to compete.
The importance of data for closing the financial inclusion gender gap
Psychologist Hal Hershfield talks to us about how trade-offs between the present and the future affect financial decision-making.
A process that can be used to design financial inclusion measuring instruments.
Exploring the factors that drive usage to better understand how the gap can be bridged.
Exploring the potential of alternative data for creating new markets
A training course in Kuala Lumpur provided the ideal opportunity to present our approach to measuring financial inclusion.
The third blog in our Measurement Frameworks series incorporates learnings from the retail sector on how consumers use products and engage with services.
The second blog in our Measurement Frameworks series, building tools to measure how, and how much, consumers benefit from Financial Inclusion.
The first of three blogs in our Introduction to Measurement Frameworks series, discussing how we focus on improving Financial Incusion.
Catch up with three winning teams from DataHack4FI.