In this EA Standard article, Fund team members Wilson Irungu and Nashipae Leteipan build on the Fund experience with participants, and show private sector investment can be a critical element for financial inclusion.
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In this opinion piece published in the Business Daily Africa, Fund Engagement Partner at KPMG East Africa, Smita Sanghrajka discusses the positive growth and impacts of financial inclusion on market sectors and rural lives.
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Over five million people living in underserved, rural, or agricultural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa have been introduced to and benefited from access to innovative credit, savings, and transaction-based products and services over the last eight years through the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity.
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Financial inclusion is a crucial component in the quest to elevate the role of women in the economies of Africa, and women are increasingly playing a role in growing the continent’s largest sector, agriculture.
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To assess the kind of impact being made by some of the Fund participants, a number of impact verification studies have been conducted over 2021 and 2022 and are summarised in this report.
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Fabien Gahungu shares insights on working with Prothem and how they company has managed to collaborate with smallholder farmers to get them to achieve better income and livelihoods.
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During a recent interview with the Fund, Djedje Kungula shares his journey on working for Equity Bank BCDC on the Fund supported project.
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In a recent interview, Elorm Allavi, Co-founder and CEO of SyeComp, speaks to the journey his company has been on to support smallholder farmers in Ghana through technology and financial access.
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Listening to Mame Dior Ndiaye, it is easy to feel passionate about using affordable Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solutions to deliver energy and financial solutions to rural communities in Mali. Mame recently gave us some insights into her journey and that of Baobab Plus.
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The broad geographic focus and diversity of business models supported by the Fund are some of its greatest strengths, but also made the task of gathering evidence and evaluating impact a demanding assignment.
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