Linking refugees to formal financial services
Financial services are an important avenue for refugees to save money, access loans, and manage life shocks. However, many...
Webinar: Rebuilding livelihoods in displacement in the wake of COVID-19
When: Wednesday, August 26th at 3.00 – 4.30 pm EAT Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Uganda and FSD Africa – in collaboration with BFA Global will...
Grit, Skills and Luck: Examining the financial lives of refugees in Uganda
This report commissioned by FSD Uganda and FSD Africa provides an in-depth analysis of a quantitative survey undertaken in...
Every action counts: Making financial services available to refugees
In a time of global uncertainty, it has become crucial to continue to raise awareness about the plight of...
World Refugee Day 2020: #EveryActionCounts
This World Refugee Day, we take a moment to reflect on our work focused around making finance work for...
New lives, new tools: The financial lives of refugee communities
Observations by BFA Global based on initial field research Access to financial services and a steady source of income...
Refugees and their money – understanding the enablers of the camp economy in Rwanda
In Rwanda, financial inclusion allows low-income households to build assets, mitigate shocks and make productive investments. It also stimulates...
From Ideas to Field Tests in 4 Days: A Design Sprint for Refugee-Centered Financial Services
In June 2018, BFA Global, a global consulting firm led a four-day design sprint for financial service providers (FSPs)...
Affordable and Accessible Remittance Services for Refugees: A Toolkit
BFA Global developed and piloted a tool to conduct a country assessment on demand, supply, and regulatory considerations for...
Uganda country assessment on affordable and accessible remittances for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
Although the market for providing remittance services to refugees is large, financial service providers have found it difficult to...