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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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
[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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
How micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) leveraged informal financing and digital technology during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in drastic declines in revenue for micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) in Zambia....
Why we invested: Koa is bringing a seamless, hassle-free savings and investment experience to Kenyan youth
A survey conducted by FSD Kenya in 2019 indicates that the number of Kenyans saving in traditional bank accounts...
Waking up to the Covid health threat in Kenya
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, February 4, 2021 “Yes, corona is real,” Beauty, a middle-aged mother in...
A bridge too far? Paying for school in an economic crisis
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 18, 2020 Parents across Kenya are receiving ambiguous messages about the...
Finance bends; will it break?
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, November 11, 2020 On average, families in the Kenya Financial Diaries started...
Debts in distress: how ordinary people are finding the liquidity they need to survive COVID
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, September 6, 2020 “Things are getting bad,” Vanessa told us. When we...
Webinar: Rebuilding livelihoods in displacement in the wake of COVID-19
When: Wednesday, August 26th at 3.00 – 4.30 pm EAT Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Uganda and FSD Africa – in collaboration with BFA Global will...
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...
Every action counts: Making financial services available to refugees
In a time of global uncertainty, it has become crucial to continue to raise awareness about the plight of...
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