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This blog explores how ASSILASSIME Solidarité’s personalized approach, integrating non-financial services and technology, empowers clients by improving access to credit and financial management resources.

A study on ASSILASSIME’s project with SCBF in Togo to ease its clients’ access to their accounts, available services, and financial education illustrates how digitalization can improve financial inclusion, customer experience, and operational efficiency for low-income populations and financial institutions.

Nigeria has the largest number of informal micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa, with 41.5 million MSMEs, most of them being micro entrepreneurs (Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics, 2017).

The agricultural sector in Rwanda accounts for a quarter of the national GDP and plays an essential role in the country’s economy. However, farming is

Women form a large part of the world’s unbanked population more so in the low-income segment. Gender inequality in financial inclusion is a deterrent for

A study on the Yeredeme methodology in Mali was conducted to understand how it enables women to access credit and develop income-generating activities that contribute to their empowerment and give them access to microcredit.

SCBF has supported 25 projects across 6 countries in the West African (WA) region to expand financial inclusion of the low-income and at-risk population. The

Swiss Re has been a valuable partner in our journey from the beginning, initially as a member and eventually in 2021 Swiss Re Foundation became

To further enhance inclusive finance for low-income clients, SCBF recently launched a new strategy, which includes the use of Impact-linked Finance (ILF) to support high-impact