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
Building on our proven approach to accelerating inclusive fintech startups and innovation ecosystems in emerging markets, Catalyst Fund is...
MTN MoMo Pay Merchant Payments: Expanding Women’s Mobile Money Use in Ghana
MTN Ghana launched a merchant payment service in January 2017 called MoMo Pay to increase mobile money use in...
Meet Paymenow, a financial wellness app helping South Africans escape debt cycles via access to liquidity
Paymenow gives low-income South Africans early access to the wages they have already earned, to smooth their income while...
How financial institutions can deliver payment flexibility using lessons from PAYGo solar
Technology-enabled pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) has unlocked millions of loans in the off-grid solar sector, and the model is already being...
Lean user research: How Diin sequenced data analysis and user interviews to generate insights
Startups typically chase growth by acquiring more and more customers. It is tempting to interpret more customers as a...
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...
Inclusive Fintech in Practice: Chipper Cash Illustrates Three Key Ways to Tackle Cross-Border Payments in Africa
The mobile money revolution in East Africa has yet to extend to cross-border transactions, even as the region is becoming...
The Potential of PAYGo for Achieving Water and Sanitation for All (SDG 6)
To “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6),” water service providers need to...
Visiting a Merchant Shop in Kibera in VR
An Immersive Experience with Informal Retailers in Africa Produced and Developed by: Abi Steinberg, Videographer and Director: Adam Wisema...