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What is the future of Green Finance?
By Sitara Merchant and Yekbun Gurgoz “In the last few years, international and government funds to mitigate and adapt to climate change have increased; however,

Savings Linked Insurance for resilience in Ghana and Malawi
For the past seven years, VisionFund has been actively designing microinsurance products tailored to meet the needs of the clients they serve and they believe

Five lessons for designing fit-for-purpose health micro-insurance
This post originally appeared on Cenfri website on 31 January 2023. Gakere is a 49 year old mechanic From Nairobi, and like 77% of adults in

Unlocking the benefits of embedded insurance for micro and small businesses – Insights from Mozambique
In Mozambique — as in other parts of the world — microentrepreneurship is an especially risky endeavor. It is fraught with high-impact, disruptive economic events,

Global biotech leader Roche joins SCBF as the 29th member
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people whose out-of-pocket health expenses exceeded 10% of their household budget was on the rise, according to

SDC’s Diepak Elmer and IFC’s Patrick Luternauer join SCBF’s Board of Directors
The SCBF team is pleased to introduce the two new Board Members who were elected by members during the 2022 Annual General Meeting in Zurich.