The Foundation works with more than 100 partners in countries across Africa and in Canada. Together, we have improved the lives of more than 25 million people and their families.
Project: Expanding Agricultural Finance in Rwanda
Amount: $11.5 million
Countries: Rwanda
Increase access to and usage of financial services for 352,500 agricultural entrepreneurs.
Test innovative digital and agent banking channels that can facilitate low-cost distribution of financial services nationally.
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Project: VentureLabs: Knowledge and Advisory for Early Stage Innovators
Amount: $3.7 million
Countries: Pan - African
Identify and support the expansion of nine existing fintech companies in Africa and create at least two new companies to expand financial services to low-income clients in frontier markets like Nigeria and Ghana.
Provide companies with technical assistance and ongoing financial and management support.
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Project: Financial Inclusion on Business Runways (FIBR)
Amount: $8.7 million
Countries: Ghana, Tanzania
Demonstrate that small businesses can effectively offer financial services that advance access to and regular usage of financial services by 5,000 people living in poverty in Africa.
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Project: Learning Partner – Next-Generation Financial Services
Amount: $8.5 million
Countries: Pan - African
Develop evidence and measure progress across digital and technology-related financial inclusion projects through partnership with Next-Generation Financial Services (NGFS).
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Project: Technology Program and Client Research
Amount: $11.4 million
Countries: Global, Pan - African
Expand branchless banking in West Africa to reach one million clients.
Develop new branchless banking products to reach 500,000 clients.
Generate client insights to foster more effective products that meet the needs of the poor.
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Project: Client Centricity and Technology
Amount: $5.8 million
Countries: Pan - African
Increase the number of African financial service providers that have client-centric practices that effectively leverage technology.
Replicate proven technology solutions that improve the usage of services in Africa.
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Project: Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) III
Amount: $3.3 million
Countries: Pan - African
Promote best practices to enable mobile money operators to meet the needs of the unbanked in Africa.
Overcome specific barriers inhibiting client uptake and usage of mobile money services.
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Project: AgriFin Accelerate
Amount: $24.7 million
Countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia
Expand access to finance for one million smallholder farmers through mobile channels.
Facilitate partnerships between providers of mobile financial services and agricultural services in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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Project: Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P)
Amount: $24.9 million
Countries: Benin, Senegal, Zambia
Expand mobile and other channels to provide financial services to low-income clients in three Least Developed Countries, including Benin, Senegal, and Zambia.
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