![Living on Little: Navigating financial scarcity in modern Kenya](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Living-on-little_Julie-Zollmann-450x250.png)
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](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Graviti-blog-1-450x250.jpg)
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+...
![How fintech startups should pursue B2B partnerships](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mangolife_blog-450x250.jpg)
How fintech startups should pursue B2B partnerships
For many fintech startups, particularly those in the insurtech space where high levels of trust are essential, business-to-business (B2B)...
![Post-COVID prognosis for gig workers in China: slow and steady improvement](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/COvid_giig-worker_China-450x250.jpg)
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...
![Press Release: Announcing the $4.3M Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana to improve the financial resilience of informal MSEs](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IDC-Image-Launch_2-450x250.jpg)
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...
![Catalyst Fund is expanding inclusive-tech acceleration to new sectors](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IDC-launch-blog-450x250.jpg)
Catalyst Fund is expanding inclusive-tech acceleration to new sectors
Building on our proven approach to accelerating inclusive fintech startups and innovation ecosystems in emerging markets, Catalyst Fund is...
![Inclusive fintech startups are pioneering products for the digital generation](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Fintech-with-focus--450x250.jpg)
Inclusive fintech startups are pioneering products for the digital generation
The digital generation (aka netizens, digital natives, generation Z, millennials) is a rapidly-growing customer segment that has exacting user...
![Women and youth may be weathering COVID better than others, but the most vulnerable are getting left behind](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Covid19-Woman-Resilence-450x250.jpg)
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 –...
![Making waves: Cynthia Wandia embodies the best of female fintech entrepreneurship](https://bfaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cynthia-Kwara-1-450x250.jpg)
Making waves: Cynthia Wandia embodies the best of female fintech entrepreneurship
Cynthia Wandia is the CEO and co-founder of Kwara, an accounting and business management SaaS for SACCOs in Kenya....
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Venture-building helps South Africa’s MobiLife bring insurance to underserved families
Fewer than 12% of South Africans have life insurance, amounting to an insurance gap of over R30 trillion. Low...