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Generative AI’s expanding role for Kenyan small businesses beyond ChatGPT
On a recent visit to Kenya, my colleague Anne and I explored Nairobi’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, meeting artisans in Mathare,...
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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...
![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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World Refugee Day 2020: #EveryActionCounts
This World Refugee Day, we take a moment to reflect on our work focused around making finance work for...
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How to go to market: 3 templates for fintech startups during product launch
Featuring how to go to market templates by Jane del Ser Existing networks of mobile agents can be a...
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Short-term fixes are not enough if SMEs are to survive COVID-19
As the economic effects of the lockdowns worldwide begin to solidify, businesses large and small are collapsing. While large...
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Innovation in Finance: Sokowatch and Turaco improve financial resilience for East Africa’s underserved
Catalyst Fund welcomes new cohort of inclusive fintech startups creating solutions to improve the financial health of underserved communities...
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The buck stops with women
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 30, 2020 How Kenyan mothers are keeping food on the table through...
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If the coronavirus doesn’t kill you…
Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, April 21, 2020 Kenyans’ reflections on security in the time of Covid-19...
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From the Valley of Death to a $14 Million Series A: Sokowatch, Quona and the Role of Philanthropic Capital
Catalyst Fund welcomes new cohort of inclusive fintech startups creating solutions to improve the financial health of underserved communities...