Insights
Acting on the Unknown: The Missing Data in Digital Agriculture
We have been working to advance the use of digital technologies in agriculture since our founding. Over the years, and still this year, we continue to confront a gap in current data on smallholder farmers and the organizations that serve them — a gap that makes program design exceedingly challenging. What impact does this lack of data have on products and services designed for smallholder farmers, and what could be a potential remedy?
Introducing “Her Business, Her Future”: An Open Source Training Program for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
Running a small business is hard. Research shows that effective support programs for women micro-entrepreneurs bundle components that address the financing gap and help them build their soft and hard skills. That is why we created the “Her Business, Her Future,” an open source, global training program designed to build capacity for women micro-entrepreneurs to own and manage their businesses.
Reflections on the 2021 Global Findex
In June, the World Bank released its latest update of the Global Findex Database since 2017. Truly remarkable global gains have been made over the past decade. We also need to keep working. Here are our reflections on the latest dataset, and what we’re doing to address the most persistent barriers and gaps that remain.
Four lessons for growing women’s digital financial literacy at scale
According to GSMA’s latest Mobile Gender Gap Report, Literacy & Digital Skills is still the top barrier to women’s adoption of mobile internet and the second highest barrier to women’s mobile phone ownership. Here are four lessons we’ve learned from implementing “Hey Sister!” that could help others working to grow women’s digital financial literacy and uptake.
Advancing financial inclusion for the displaced
People who have been forcibly displaced still often face barriers in accessing formal financial services. In this survey report for the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, we provide a synthesis of data collected from AFI member institutions on their policy frameworks, laws and regulations related to the financial inclusion of FDPs.
Does digital financial literacy boost women’s saving habits?
Mobile money and digital financial services (DFS) offer women a new channel to mobilize their savings and receive loans, but how do they learn about saving?
“Hey Sister!” now available in French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili
Our “Hey Sister! Show Me the Mobile Money!” digital financial literacy campaign continues to grow! Just like all of our other content, these audio episodes are available for download, use and adaptation by anyone, anywhere.
New digital financial literacy lessons available — and still open source
We have produced 15 new episodes of our “Hey Sister! Show Me the Mobile Money!” digital financial literacy campaign. Grab a phone, listen in, read our scripts, make them your own! Like our first 10 lessons, the new scripts and recordings follow our three sisters, Josephine, Myriam, and Annette, as they continue their journey to safely using their mobile phones.