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March 15, 2021

New SCBF Supported Project: AwanTunai Collaborates with SayurBox – Bringing Access to Affordable Finance for Micro-SME Farmers throughout Indonesia

AwanTunai’s collaboration with Sayurbox, a sister company with similar visions to help micro-SMEs prosper, aims to digitize and optimize the agricultural supply chain and provide access to affordable financing for the 19 million MSME farmers in Indonesia, even to those without bank accounts.

February 8, 2021

SCBF Supports the First Revenue Accretive Agent Loan Product in Africa

Agent networks in Africa have increasingly become the delivery channel of choice for MFIs as they represent a low-cost alternative to brick-and-mortar branches. However, the

January 27, 2021

A Pioneering Survey on Financial Literacy of Smallholder Farmers in Sudan

Financial education is an essential part of smallholder empowerment. Education is a door-opener to financial inclusion, an important aspect of agricultural development. The Syngenta Foundation

January 18, 2021

Two New VisionFund Projects to Provide Insurance to Savings Groups

World Vision and VisionFund International have been awarded grant funding from SCBF to pilot the provision of insurance services to underserved populations in Ghana and

May 4, 2020

Building Capacity to Strengthen Access to Housing Microfinance in Ecuador

Ecuador has the 4th largest housing deficit in Latin America. More than 1.7M houses are considered inadequate (unsafe conditions, inadequate construction materials, lack of basic

September 1, 2019

Maize and Cotton Index Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Mali

Most Malians are unbanked. Four out of five rural Malians do not have access to financial capital to develop economic activities. The lack of data

February 1, 2019

CareGiver Insurance Roll-out at Lead Foundation

The health insurance system in Egypt is complex and does not include the informal / unorganized sector. This indicates gaps in the penetration and effectiveness

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Digitisation of ‘Savings collection’ amongst women and youth

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2023-06

CIF

UM-PAMECAS

Senegal

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Building resilience with digital micro health solution for low - income consumers

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2023-05

Democrance

NIB Insurance Company

Ethiopia

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Initiative for a rural digital finance ecosystem empowering women small-scale farmers

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2023-04

Symbiotics Association for Sustainable Development

AB Bank Zambia

Zambia

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Improving smallholder farmers access to improved farmer - centered insurance products

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2023-03

International Research Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University

One Acre Fund

Malawi and Nigeria

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Development of financial products and services in water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH)

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2023-02

Aqua for All

La Banque Agricole

Senegal

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Expert Credit Scoring Implementation for Agricultural and Business Loans at Mobilink Microfinance Bank

Innovation / Product Upscaling Projects

2023-01

Business & Finance Consulting (BFC)

Mobilink Microfinance Bank

Pakistan

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