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Digital inclusion and African startups -has the internet really helped promote access?
In May of 2024, we published a report – An Assessment of Digital and Traditional Financial Inclusion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. This report was developed alongside an index (The SI-FIndex) measuring and comparing the level of access MSMEs have to financial products and services. When considering digital inclusion, this…
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Africa’s SMEs: Some Big Gaps with Lot’s of Space for Growth!
MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) in Africa Micro, small, and medium enterprises (also known as MSME’s) are the vast array of startups which characterise our economies. They range from small one-man operations on the roadside or a barber’s chair or the influencer behind a computer, to larger more affluent businesses with numerous employees, robust…
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Report Publication- Digital Financial Inclusion of MSMEs In Zambia
As part of our financial Inclusion series, we have a report on Zambia which is now published. This report series is part of a three country study conducted in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia in the last quarter of 2023, assessing the level of digital financial inclusion of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The Malawi…
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Report Publication- Digital Financial Inclusion In Malawi
SIVIO Institute has published another report on financial inclusion. This report An Assessment of Digital Financial Inclusion of MSMEs in Malawi which was published on the 17th of April as part of a survey conducted in Lilongwe (Area 3, 15, 18 and 47) in the last quarter of 2023. The survey assesses micro, small and medium…