Inclusive Fintech in Practice: Chipper Cash Illustrates Three Key Ways to Tackle Cross-Border Payments in Africa
The mobile money revolution in East Africa has yet to extend to cross-border transactions, even as the region is becoming...
How Small Merchants Use Social Media to Sell Online in Africa
Superplatforms & Small Merchants Series #2 Meet Agnes, Moses, & Anita Traditional, “informal” retailers dominate the commercial landscape in...
Getting the Timing Right: The Life Cycle of a Small Shop in Africa
MSMEs Have Different Financing Needs in Four Discrete Stages Small shops or “dukas” account for 80 percent of employment...
Making Business Work for Dukas
Understanding the Financial Health of Small Shops in Africa Juma*, a small shop owner in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, is...
AI: From Automation to Augmentation
Hype. Dangerous. Automation. Elon Musk. Uncontrollable. This is what usually comes to mind when people think of artificial intelligence...
What is the value of AI to financial services providers?
Matt Grasser describes the positive impact that artificial intelligence can have for financial services providers in Africa and more...
What is the FIBR report “Artificial Intelligence: Practical Superpowers” about?
BFA Global CEO, Amolo Ng’weno, then East Africa Regional Director, describes the key takeaways from the FIBR report, “Artificial...
Timing Isn’t Quite Right for SaaS Startups in Africa
Let me tell you how I failed to build a scalable SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) startup in Africa. I was working for tech...