42 search results for: FSD Africa

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Africa Blue Wave

The Africa Blue Wave is a visionary, African-led initiative designed to sculpt a nature-positive and resilient future by 2030. It champions...

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Climate Resilience Challenge Series

  We hosted the Climate Resilience Challenge: Egypt event in Cairo on Wednesday 15th June 2022 in partnership with...

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Grit, Skills and Luck: Examining the financial lives of refugees in Uganda

This report commissioned by FSD Uganda and FSD Africa provides an in-depth analysis of a quantitative survey undertaken in...

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The Financial Inclusion for Refugees Project in Uganda (FI4R)

Financial Diaries with Forcibly Displaced People in Uganda In August 2019, we launched the Financial Inclusion for Refugees Project...

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Refugees and Their Money: The Business Case for Providing Financial Services to Refugees (Rwanda)

BFA Global, supported by FSD Africa, carried out a macro- and micro- analysis to build a better understanding of...

Climate Action |

44 Innovators Shaping Africa’s Green, Blue & Ocean Future

We are thrilled to announce the fellows selected for the Africa Blue Wave and the Regen Wave – focused...

By Carmen Merab
Climate Action |

TECA receives $100,000 in grant funding from Climate Collective to support portfolio companies

TECA (Triggering Exponential Climate Action), an initiative of BFA Global, has received a $100,000 grant from Climate Collective to...

By BFA GLOBAL
Climate Action |

[Press Release] BFA Global, FSD Africa and IUCN Launch Africa Blue Wave: A $1 Million Initiative Powering Ocean Sustainability

Nairobi, Kenya, September 4th, 2023 – BFA Global, FSD Africa, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...

By Carmen Merab
Climate Action |

Climate innovation for impact: The role of generative AI in serving vulnerable populations

Generative AI is a brand new kind of software innovation that works amazingly well for a range of complex...

By David del Ser
Climate Action |

Fintech for Climate Resilience

  This report by the CIFAR Alliance Investors Working Group highlights 11 successful ventures that are building solutions to...

By BFA GLOBAL
Climate Action |

[Press Release] 7 African Startups to Receive $385k to Develop Solutions for the Blue Economy

Nairobi, Kenya, February 8, 2023 – Today, climate resilience venture launcher Triggering Exponential Climate Action (TECA) has announced the...

By Carmen Merab

[Press Release] Catalyst Fund announces $2 million investment into 10 startups accelerating Africa’s adaptation and resilience to climate change

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 10, 2023 – Today pre-seed venture capital (VC) fund and accelerator Catalyst Fund announced a $2...

By Keeya-Lee Ayre
Climate Action |

My experience working at a fintech venture launcher for climate resilience

Climate change is happening at an unprecedented rate and intensity worldwide, threatening sustainable economic growth and development progress. Young...

By Thomas Liu
Climate Action |

[Press release] FSD Africa invests $3.5M in Catalyst Fund to accelerate and scale pre-seed impact ventures in Africa

LONDON, UK, July 14, 2022 – Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, announced today that...

By BFA GLOBAL
Refugee Finance |

Exploring refugees’ usage of financial services in Uganda

Florence is a single mother of two who lives in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Moyo district and is...

By Michelle Hassan
Climate Action |

[Press Release] BFA Global and FSD Africa create pioneering $3.3m fintech venture launcher for climate resilience in Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 22, 2022 – Today BFA Global and FSD Africa announce the creation of a first-of-its-kind venture...

By Keeya-Lee Ayre
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

[Press Release] Cash at home still preferred by refugee communities despite an increase in mobile phone ownership: Report

The new report by BFA Global, FSD Uganda and FSD Africa fills a data gap through a two-year-long study...

By Carmen Merab
Refugee Finance |

How Refugees Perceive and Cope with Risk

This is part two of an ongoing series of insights from a financial diaries study undertaken with refugees in...

By Michelle Hassan
Digital Financial Services |

Linking refugees to formal financial services

Financial services are an important avenue for refugees to save money, access loans, and manage life shocks. However, many...

By Anne Gachoka
Digital Financial Services |

Why we invested: Power brings holistic financial wellness to employees and gig workers in Kenya

Fintech startup Power aims to help workers across Africa take control over their financial well being and relieve finance-related...

By Thea Sokolowski