
How do accelerator programs approach funding for startups? Six considerations every program should evaluate
Not all startup accelerator programs are right for all founders. From the particular expertise of the acceleration team, to...

Building a Digital Finance for Climate Resilience Ecosystem: Insights from Industry Leaders
The IPCC report released this week confirms what communities, households, and individuals around the world are already experiencing —...

Press Release: BFA Global and J.P. Morgan collaboration set to transform spaza shop industry in South Africa’s townships
A country-first initiative to expand reach of digital commerce solutions to thousands of spaza shops over the next nine...

Manage your sales pipeline to win as a B2B fintech startup: 3 practical tips
Early-stage B2B fintech startups often believe they’re too small to implement structured sales and CRM processes or think that...

Bringing it home: understanding problems hindering fintech lending for SMEs in South Africa today
Blog 6 of the Recovtech series, this post written in partnership with members of the South Africa Recovtech team....

Inclusive fintech lending–Lessons from US and China
Blog 5 of the Recovtech series, this post written in partnership with members of the South Africa Recovtech team....

Forces and uncertainties shaping future fintech ecosystems
Blog 3 of the Recovtech series, this post written in partnership with members of the South Africa Recovtech team....

How domestic fintech ecosystems shape the nature of innovation
Blog 1 of the Recovtech series, this post written in partnership with members of the South Africa Recovtech team....

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...

A creative approach to startup financing: Graviti combines grant, debt and equity investment, linked to impact outcomes
It took Catalyst Fund portfolio company Graviti only two months to raise a debt round that will finance 600+...