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03 Aug 2018
We met Cyrus Kibuchi on a Monday morning at Kamangu, a town 40 km from Nairobi. Cyrus works as an agent in Kamangu, and days like this usually find him busy at work. He is an agent who serves seven digital financial services (DFS)
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13 Feb 2018
As we gear up to unveil the second edition of MicroSave’s acclaimed Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) programme, here
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08 Dec 2017
Digital Financial Services (DFS) emerged in Indonesia in 2007, with e-money services targeted at the middle income and affluent segments rather than the unbanked and underbanked masses. In 2014,
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08 Nov 2017
MicroSave / The Helix Institute of Digital Finance will be launching the findings from the second wave of the Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) Study for Nigeria on the 5th December 2017. The study was conducted with the financial
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02 Oct 2017
The success of a branchless banking network is entirely dependent on the ability of its agents to deliver high-quality services to the target market, that are in
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13 Sep 2017
The Soul of an Agent Network
The Helix Institute has evaluated and advised all types of agent networks in countries around the world. Big ones, rural ones, new ones, bank ones, and even imaginary inactive ones. Despite the
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04 Sep 2017
"Identification provides a foundation for other rights and gives a voice to the voiceless."- Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa
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01 Sep 2017
With special thanks and acknowledgement to Abhinav Sinha (EKO India), Tamara Cook (FSD Kenya), Kwame Oppong (CGAP), Paul Mbugua (Eclectics), Paul Musoke (FSD Africa), and Abigail Komu (Independent Consultant).
Some people may argue that agent
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01 Sep 2017
Basis great inputs and discussions from Amrik Heyer, FSD Kenya, Stephen Mwaura former Head of Payments, Central Bank of Kenya, Uma Shankar Paliwal, Former Executive Director, RBI, Dennis Njau, Head of Channels, Kenya Commercial Bank, Gang Chai, Payment Policy Manager, Central
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30 Aug 2017
The blog is based on insightful inputs from Maurice Oyare (PesaPoint), Joseck Mudiri (IFC), Edwin Otieno (Software Group), George Muga (Airtel-Africa), Edwin Odira (Telkom), Paul Langlois-Meurinne (Optimetrics), Nic Wasunna (GSMA) and Wilfred Ndirangu (Eclectics