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  • Progress and Challenges with KYC and Digital ID
    04 Sep 2017

    • David Cracknell

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      Faculty Title: 
      Global Technical Director at MicroSave
      Link: 
      http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/david-cracknell/0/328/207
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      3
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Venkata N. Atluri

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant – Digital Financial Services
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkata-n-atluri-34b9784/
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      6
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    "Identification provides a foundation for other rights and gives a voice to the voiceless."- Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa

  • Du Lancement À L’Accélération De La Finance Digitale: Les Leçons Du Marché Béninois
    01 Nov 2016

    • Melissa Rousset

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      Faculty Title: 
      Project Manager - Digital Financial Insights
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/mélissa-rousset-91064722/en
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

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  • From Launch to Lift-Off: Lessons from the Beninese Market
    01 Nov 2016

    • Melissa Rousset

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      Faculty Title: 
      Project Manager - Digital Financial Insights
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/mélissa-rousset-91064722/en
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

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  • Zambia’s Comeback in Digital Financial Services (DFS)
    27 Jan 2016

    • Akhand Tiwari

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://in.linkedin.com/in/akhand-tiwari-10607a5
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Irene Wagaki

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      Faculty Title: 
      Assistant Manager- Digital Financial Services at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/irene-wagaki-b19baa24
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Nandini Harihareswara

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      Faculty Title: 
      Digital Finance Country Technical Specialist at UNCDF
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandini
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Zambia introduced Digital Financial Services (DFS) to the world with the launch of Celpay in 2002. Celpay’s offering to Zambians was somewhat similar to Safaricom’s ‘microfinance credit re-payment’ product,

  • Competition in the Kenyan Digital Finance Market: Digital Credit (Part 2 of 3)
    16 Dec 2015

    • Joyce Murithi

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Banking and Financial Services at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/joyce-murithi-72298844
      Order: 
      8
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    This is the second blog in a three part series, which compares digital financial service offerings in Kenya.  The first blog focused on mobile money

  • Competition in the Kenyan Digital Finance Market: Mobile Money (Part 1 of 3)
    14 Dec 2015

    • Joyce Murithi

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      Faculty Title: 
      Senior Manager - Banking and Financial Services at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://ke.linkedin.com/in/joyce-murithi-72298844
      Order: 
      8
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    There has been a great deal of international discourse on the topic of mobile money after Kenya’s successful implementation of M-PESA, and as we recently wrote,

  • Whose Customer is it Anyway? Ensuring Every Customer is King
    22 Apr 2015

    • Christine Gachui

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      Faculty Title: 
      Manager - Banking and Financial Services at MicroSave
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christine-wanjiru-gachui/52/56b/501
      Order: 
      10
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola, are you buying it from the store or from the Coca-Cola Company?  Whose customer are you?  In digital finance, the provider (usually a bank or telecom) designs and brands the service, but it is the agent that provides the ability to cash-in and cash-out (CICO

  • The Human Touch Required to Evolve Digital Finance
    24 Nov 2014

    • Anastasia Mirzoyants

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      NA
      Link: 
      http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/dr-anastasia-mirzoyants/50/8a9/718
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    • Mike McCaffrey

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      Faculty Title: 
      Principal Consultant - Strategic Operations for Digital Finance
      Link: 
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemccaffreysf?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=jvfs&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A2365126%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1462342526672%2Ctas%3AMike%20McCa
      External Contributor: 
      Yes

    Service Offerings at Agents are Static & Rudimentary

    Across East Africa The Helix Institute’s research (2013) is showing that even after seven years of market development in

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