Financial inclusion access and usage M&E dashboard

The M&E framework assesses financial inclusion based on Access, Uptake, and Usage dimensions.

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

Summary Report: Innovation Ecosystem Scoping in the SADC Region

The SADC region is not trailing far behind in the use of technological innovation to foster growth, with a small but fast-growing tech-enabled community.

SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (Portuguese)

O Dinheiro Móvel tem evoluído para um bem utilitário que faculta marioritariamente serviços financeiros à população não-bancária.

SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (French)

Le Mobile Money s’est développé en un outil visant à fournir des services financiers en grande partie à la population non bancarisée.

SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (English)

Mobile Money has evolved as a utility to provide financial services largely to the unbanked population.

SADC Remittance Values and Volumes 2020 report

Informal remittance markets in many countries are well established but often expose the remitter to delays and the risk of theft and other losses. 

View the webinar on the research findings - cross border remittances from South Africa to the rest of SADC here

The health implications of COVID-19 go beyond the threat it poses itself as an illness.

2019 Annual Report

We revisit our purpose of Making financial markets work for the poor by promoting financial inclusion and inclusive growth in the 2019 Annual Report.

The First SADC Gender Workshop Report

SADC Secretariat, SADC Banking Association, FinMark Trust, FSD Mozambique, FSD Tanzania, FSD Zambia and Graça Machel Trust convened a 2-day SADC regional gender workshop

Inequality in middle income countries

This presentation is on inequality in middle income countries: A financial inclusion lens using FinScope.

Measuring Progress: Financial inclusion in SADC - 2019 Report

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.

DataHack4FI brings together data enthusiasts and emerging tech companies to promote data-driven solutions for financial and economic inclusion.

Four findings from Season 2 of the DataHack4FI Innovation Competition.

The data collected allows for comparison across countries based on measurement dimensions such access, uptake, usage, cost to client,

The Fourth SADC Financial Inclusion Forum Report

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.

Translating insights from behavioural science into the design and delivery of financial services,

FinScope data analysis has revealed many insights on gender.

2018 Annual Report

The journey of renewal for FinMark Trust (FMT) has continued during the past financial year

With more digital transactions being concluded, cash still dominates the scene.

2017 Annual Report

We celebrated our fifteenth year of service and pioneering work on innovative approaches to financial inclusion globally.

Megan Yates - Ixioanalytics

2016 Annual Report

This year's review traces the overall progress made by FinMark Trust in the implementation of its programme to "make financial markets work for the poor".