(2) This report breaks down the key findings and focuses on ways financial institutions, regulators and donors can deploy financial inclusion initiatives to develop the MSME sector in Africa.
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🌍WSBI proudly became a signatory of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Code (We-Fi) in Oct 2023, addressing the $1.7T financing gap for women-led #MSMEs.
Read @StevensCeline86's blog on @FinEquityGlobal for insights into our journey, challenges & solutions: findevgateway.org/finequity/…
.@AngelowWeselina:"WSBI #Scale2Save initiative tested 3 non-traditional customer sign up approaches:1)Trusted peer to peer subscriptions,2)Agent channel subscriptions as a second onboarding mechanism,3)customer self -subscription as gold standard of customer sign up approaches."
.@AngelowWeselina:"Also, differences in digita l& financial skillsets of people have implications on the convenience of account and platform signup process and subsequently on the trust that people have for using digital savings and platform service beyond the initial sign up."
.@AngelowWeselina: "There is not fit for all response but the answer lies in a more granular understanding of the various levels of exclusion and the implications these levels have on how savings account and platform signup processes work best for different groups of people."
Keynote Speaker @AngelowWeselina: "The number of marginalized people in #Uganda lacking any form of access to banking have more than halved through the last decade to only 4.5 mns Ugandans by 2021 according to @GlobalFindex Findex while there is still room for improvement.
👏 A new tool from the #WSBI’s #Scale2Save initiative makes public datasets in #Nigeria more accessible for gathering customer data and insight. Want to learn more about the Persona Segmentation Toolkit? Read further on @FinDevGateway featured blog: findevgateway.org/blog/2023/…
[NEW BLOG] Closing the financial inclusion #GenderGap requires a better understanding of the products & services low-income women value, prioritize & need. Hear from @scale2save & @MarketShareIntl on their research findings in Sub-Saharan Africa:
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