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Empowering the underserved with digital financial services: Case study of ASSILASSIME Solidarité, Togo
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.
Making financial services accessible to vulnerable populations in Togo
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.
SympliFi partnerships in Nigeria accelerate affordable MSME financing
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).
Building resilience and empowering Rwandan farmers with agriculture insurance
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
Empowering rural women in Mali through Self-Help Groups
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
Making financial services accessible to rural women using SHGs in Mali
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.
Financial inclusion and economic empowerment of low-income populations in Benin, Mali and Togo
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