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Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa: All Hands on Deck
According to the Human Development Index (HDI), of the world’s least developed countries (LDC), 69% are in…
Understanding the response so far to Nigeria’s financial…
Following our analysis of the results of the World Bank’s Global Findex 2017 report (released in April 2018), the…
Financial inclusion in Nigeria: Which way forward?
Nigeria is now the poverty capital of the world! An unflattering award to say the least but does it hold true? The…
Shared agent networks: Much talk, but still no action
One of the most critical components of a successful strategy to deliver financial inclusion is the establishment of…
Social inclusion is why we bother about financial…
For a variety of reasons, many are cynical about the role of international institutions - such as the World Bank -…
Building Nigeria’s agent network: The journey begins
Last week the financial inclusion ecosystem was jolted with the announcement of the Shared Agent Network Expansion…
Challenges to Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Nigeria with a 41.6 percent financial exclusion rate is faced with various challenges to achieving the set 80…
Who should lead the delivery of digital financial…
There’s an ongoing debate on who should be licensed to deliver/lead the digital financial services race, especially…
5 Things Fintechs Need to Remember When Tackling…
Formal banking has been in Nigeria since 1892.
With such an extensive history, one would expect that banking…
4 DFS-based initiatives working towards the attainment…
The United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is perhaps the most ambitious agenda on the planet. At…
Financial Inclusion is a stepping stone to attaining the…
I magine an Africa where we have finally eradicated poverty and hunger, malaria and typhoid rarely if ever, claim…
Financial Inclusion scorecard for Nigeria’s Tier –…
Nigeria’s five Tier-One or big banks (First Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank or GTB, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa…