Digital Inclusion

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Digital Financial Services Digital Inclusion Digital Literacy Digital Payments
Digital Literacy Training COVER
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Digital Financial Services Digital Inclusion Digital Literacy Digital Payments

Digital Literacy Training Guide: A Guide for Mobile Money Agents and Digital Literacy Change Agents

GSMA
2020

Digital Literacy Training Guide: A Guide for Mobile Money Agents and Digital Literacy Change Agents

The purpose of this training guide is to prepare mobile money agents and digital literacy change agents to educate people in their communities about the benefits of mobile money services and how to use them. The guide has seven modules with clear lesson plans and guidance for trainers. Participants will learn about the different ways […]
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Digital Inclusion Digitization Planning Gender Industry Standards
Reaching 50Million COVER
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Digital Inclusion Digitization Planning Gender Industry Standards

Reaching 50 Million Women with Mobile: A Practical Guide

By Dominica Lindsey
GSMA
2020

Reaching 50 Million Women with Mobile: A Practical Guide

This guide outlines practical steps that mobile operators can take to reach women customers. Drawing on its research and work across Africa, Asia and Latin America over the last decade, GSMA has distilled 10 key recommendations for reaching women with mobile. While consideration of the unique local context is crucial, some overarching themes have emerged. […]
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digital divide Digital Inclusion Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers
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digital divide Digital Inclusion Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers

Digital Savings Groups can Help Women Finally Bridge the Financial Gender Gap

By Sushmita Meka, Sally Ross & Daryl Collins
BFA Global
2018

Digital Savings Groups can Help Women Finally Bridge the Financial Gender Gap

This article discusses the persistent gender gap in access to financial services and digital technologies. The key to closing both gaps may be found in savings groups, according to BFA, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Financial Sector Deepening Trust Tanzania (FSDT), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Most savings groups are cash-based. But if […]
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Digital Inclusion Digital Literacy Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits
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Digital Inclusion Digital Literacy Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits

From Cash to Digital Savings Groups

Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), BFA Global
2018

From Cash to Digital Savings Groups

This study presents findings about the effects of digitization on women’s savings groups from a randomized control trial in Southern Tanzania. The trial was implemented in 2016-17 by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Selcom, and BFA Global. The product tested was a software platform built by AKF and Selcom that allowed group members to save, […]