How to design PAYGo operational models to improve repayment
There has been a lot of work exploring why some pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar customers stop paying after they are...
The Gig is Up FIBR x Quartz Podcast Series
The Gig is Up is a three-part podcast series discussing the global gig economy covering everything from the disruption...
The power of flexibility: How innovative payment models can expand access to energy services
In the past eight years, over 10 million people in emerging economies have acquired modern energy for the first...
Keeping Machine Learning Honest! The need for the truthalizer
Machine learning (ML) provides institutions with predictive analytics that leverage large amounts of both historical and continually-generated data to...
The Best of Both Worlds: Decoupling Financing from Distribution through FSP-Led PAYGo
In just eight years over three million PAYGo solar systems have been sold, and over $1B has been...
Work with What You’ve Got to Offer MSME Credit
The Case in Kenya Starting from the Microfinance Bill in 2006 up to the runaway success of the mobile...
Promising AI Applications to Help Shopkeepers Manage Business
Four Lessons for Training Computer Vision Models Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies offer many opportunities to augment and extend business...
Machine Learning in PAYGo: What You Need to Know Before You Jump In
Last summer, we published a post that described how ZOLA Electric uses Machine Learning (ML) to predict which of...
What Happens on Uber Should Stay on Uber
Are Reputational Ratings Favorable for Drivers? As platform-mediated livelihoods grow around the world, many are contemplating how to ensure...
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...