Published 20 Jul 2022
THE FUND COVID-19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE CHALLENGE
To support participants and beneficiaries through the pandemic, the Fund launched the COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Challenge in 2020.
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Published 20 Jun 2022
POST-FUNDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT
Following completion of projects funded through the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity, six companies were selected for technical assistance grants for specific areas of identified need, to prepare for scaled results and impact.
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Published 17 Dec 2021
HOW FINSERVE AFRICA IS SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES USING EQUITEL MOBILE SERVICES
With Fund support, this Finserve and Arifu initiative has reached over 400,000 small businesses, providing training around agribusiness, entrepreneurship and financial management.
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Published 23 Sep 2021
THE ROLE Of FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN SUPPORTING FOOD SECURITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
A crucial component of strengthening the food value chain is providing financial access to smallholder farmers so as to address farm productivity, poverty reduction and ultimately food security.
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Published 12 Aug 2021
FUTURELINK TECHNOLOGIES UGANDA: SCALING FINANCIAL ACCESS USING A SHARED AGENCY NETWORK
Insights and learnings from FutureLink Technologies digitisation of member institutions and SACCOS across Uganda using shared agency network deployment.
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Published 21 Jun 2021
Gender analysis: Providing financial products and services to women.
The Fund has been assessing performance in providing financial products and services to women in the portfolio.
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Published 14 Aug 2020
LEARNING PAPER: PATHWAYS TO JOB CREATION
Learning Paper: Indirect pathways from the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity to the creation of work opportunities.
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Published 14 Aug 2020
CASE STUDY: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF KILIMO BOOSTER ON JOB CREATION
This case study explores the impact on and pathways to job creation by this Fund participant, particularly as relates to its Kilimo Booster loan programme.
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Published 24 Jul 2020
Innovative Agri-Finance Challenge Fund Playbook
MEDA INNOVATE and the Fund have collaborated on this playbook to assist challenge fund managers, implementers, technical assistance providers, donors and other stakeholders in designing and managing challenge funds effectively.
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Published 22 Jul 2020
How Ghana’s New DFS Policy Will Impact Participants
From its inception, the Fund has focused on harnessing the creativity and capacity of the financial sector and agribusinesses to innovate, increasing access to and delivering financial services at scale. Bodies of work from multiple players and insights from the Fund itself show that key drivers of innovation include digital technology and digital financial services, yet their rollout is often constrained by lack of adequate and effective policy. This is why the Fund is excited about the launch of Ghana’s Digital Financial Services (DFS) policy, a first for the continent, and what this could mean to the Fund participants.
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