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Agent Network Strengthening for USAID

Agent Network Strengthening for USAID

Over the past six years, SIA has supported USAID in advancing digital financial services market systems in countries where USAID works through the Agent Network Strengthening (ePayments) Program (ANSP). In the final report, we reflect on our work and the impact it has had in building capabilities across the DFS ecosystem.

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Four lessons for growing women’s digital financial literacy at scale

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.

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Does digital financial literacy boost women’s saving habits?

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?

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“Hey Sister!” now available in French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili

“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.

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New digital financial literacy lessons available — and still open source

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.

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Supporting the smallholder farmer’s journey to digital financial inclusion

Supporting the smallholder farmer’s journey to digital financial inclusion

We partnered with TNM Mpamba, Mwandama Union Cooperative, and National Agriculture Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) in the pilot implementation of a digital financial Rural Stimulating Campaign in the Zomba district of Malawi. Here’s how it went.

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What you’re listening to: Our most popular digital financial literacy lessons

What you’re listening to: Our most popular digital financial literacy lessons

Around the world, we are focused on closing the gender gap in accessing digital technology and building women’s digital skills and digital financial literacy. Read on to learn about our most popular lessons.

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Spotlight on COMSIP in Malawi: “Hey Sister!” builds women’s digital financial literacy

Spotlight on COMSIP in Malawi: “Hey Sister!” builds women’s digital financial literacy

In Malawi, more than 11,000 women have used our “Hey Sister! Show Me the Mobile Money!” lessons to build their digital financial literacy, and our partner COMSIP Cooperative Union Limited has helped us promote the series and train nearly 3,000 Malawians with the campaign.

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