The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Sofie Blakstad and Line Gamrath Rasmussen
Sofie Blakstad, CEO, Hiveonline and Line Gamrath Rasmussen, Programme Coordinator, CARE, Denmark Sofie Blakstad and Line Gamrath Rasmussen ask: “How can the financial system adapt to support the needs of the bottom of the pyramid?” “Capital markets are fundamentally skewed. Small business make up half of the world economy and yet there is…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Greta Bull
Greta Bull, CEO, CGAP, USA Greta Bull talks about the way financial services contribute to the Economic empowerment of the poor. “Economic empowerment has two aspects: opportunity and resilience. It happens when poor people are able to capture opportunities to improve their lives, like educating their children or investing in a business….
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The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Ann Cairns and Paul Wade
Ann Cairns, Vice Chairman, Mastercard, UK in conversation with Paul Wade, Assistant Director, NORAD From the parallel growth of Mastercard as a business and its Foundation bringing education to a failing world, to the progress of financial inclusion in the last decade, Ann Cairns points to the fact that the focus needs…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: James Mwangi
James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank, Kenya Equity Bank in Kenya is an extraordinary case of how financial services can be made available to the poor and unbanked. James Mwangi, their CEO, tells the story of how a bank turned into an organisation that measures its success by the number of lives it…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Aksel Jakobsen
Aksel Jakobsen, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway Aksel Jakobsen took the stage on 28th March at the first ever international Financial Inclusion Summit held in Oslo, on 28th March 2019, to highlight the transformative role fintech and digital technology play in reducing poverty and hunger, in promoting health, and in…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Video Library: Lanre Akinola
Lanre Akinola, Inernational Broadcaster & Journalist Opening the Financial Inclsuion Summit 2019 in Oslo, on 28th March, Larne Akinola pointed out how the work does not end with the Summit. The challenges discussed at the Summit must be the starting point for the actions taken to reduce financial inclusion, from the following…
Read Article → The Financial Inclusion Summit Video Library: HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway – Welcome address HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway gave the welcome address at the 2019 Financial Inclusion Summit in Oslo on 28th March. In his address, His Royal Highness referred to the topics of financial inclusion, development and the role of technology in ending…
Read Article →News from the Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Fintech Cohort: Blockbonds
Blockbonds signs agreement in an additional African market Blockbonds is pleased to announce a signed partnership with Cavmont Bank Ltd, aiming to launch the product SPENN in Zambia during 2019. SPENN is a cost-free mobile banking app, powered by Cavmont Bank Ltd, covering both personal and business accounts, accessible through a smartphone. Mr. Jens…
Read Article →News from the Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Fintech Cohort: Red Flash
SMARTR TAX Optimised tax collection and financial inclusion of the informal sector The informal sector accounts for a large portion of the economy in Africa, 30-50% of the GDP. Taxation and local revenue collection from this sector is today a manual process with low efficiency. Improving tax collection is therefore of high priority for…
Read Article →News from the Financial Inclusion Summit 2019 Fintech Cohort: Aion Sigma
A Nordic – Zambian partnership between Musanga Logistics and Aion Sigma addresses the gap of SME finance through trust solution Musanga Logistics of Zambia and Aion Sigma of Finland create financial inclusion through leasing of smartphones through enterprises in Zambia. The partnership builds a credit history for Musanga’s truck drivers thus improving their…
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