Tag: COVID-19

Living on Little: Navigating financial scarcity in modern Kenya
Financial Health |

Living on Little: Navigating financial scarcity in modern Kenya

Living on very little money doesn’t just mean that you worry about how to feed your family and pay...

By Julie Zollmann
Can agile fintech startups be the answer to food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis?
Financial Health |

Can agile fintech startups be the answer to food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis?

Originally published on NextBillion COVID-19 lockdowns have threatened small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and vulnerable families around the world. SMEs in...

By Michelle Hassan
Post-COVID prognosis for gig workers in China: slow and steady improvement
Financial Health |

Post-COVID prognosis for gig workers in China: slow and steady improvement

While most economies in the world are still stumbling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is reported...

By Coco Dong
Press Release: Announcing the $4.3M Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana to improve the financial resilience of informal MSEs
Inclusive Fintech |

Press Release: Announcing the $4.3M Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana to improve the financial resilience of informal MSEs

ACCRA, Ghana, 19th October, 2020 – Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and...

By BFA GLOBAL
Women and youth may be weathering COVID better than others, but the most vulnerable are getting left behind
Financial Health |

Women and youth may be weathering COVID better than others, but the most vulnerable are getting left behind

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ransack economies across developed and emerging markets, expectations are that low-income people –...

By Malika Anand
Zambian micro- and small enterprises during COVID-19: Wave One Findings
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

Zambian micro- and small enterprises during COVID-19: Wave One Findings

Zambia recorded its first case of COVID-19 on March 18 and took early action to contain the spread. As...

By Veethi Vyas
Stress Testing in Crisis: Helping Cooperatives Adjust Financial Projections during COVID-19
Financial Health |

Stress Testing in Crisis: Helping Cooperatives Adjust Financial Projections during COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis has required major and rapid action at all levels of society and the economy.  As of...

By Jacob Winiecki
Imagining Post-COVID recovery
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

Imagining Post-COVID recovery

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, July 10, 2020  How Financial Diaries families imagine reconstructing their income streams...

By Julie Zollmann
La planeación de escenarios puede ayudar a las cooperativas de ahorro y préstamo mexicanas a prepararse para el impacto del COVID-19
Financial Health |

La planeación de escenarios puede ayudar a las cooperativas de ahorro y préstamo mexicanas a prepararse para el impacto del COVID-19

Todas las opiniones aquí expresadas son exclusivas de BFA Global, por lo que MetLife no es responsable de la...

By Jacob Winiecki
Meet Mango Life, enabling Mexicans to easily purchase affordable life and health insurance
Inclusive Fintech |

Meet Mango Life, enabling Mexicans to easily purchase affordable life and health insurance

En Español   Insurance penetration in Mexico is extremely low, only 15% of Mexicans have private life insurance, and...

By Malika Anand