Associate Director
Anup Singh leads MSC’s regional office in Anglophone Africa and heads the Helix Institute based in Nairobi, Kenya. With 16 years of experience, his expertise includes the digital transformation of financial institutions, digital readiness assessment of social protection programs, digital credit scoping, design and policy, training programs, and FinTech mapping, scoping, and policy design.
Anup has advised more than 150 institutions, including governments, FinTechs, financial institutions, investors, and multilateral organizations in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa in the African continent, and India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, Papua New Guinea in the Asian continent. He has also trained at the Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Italy, in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021.
A few examples of his recent work are as follows:
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)- Kenya report
This report highlights findings from the second round of the dipstick research jointly funded by MSC and SCBF. It captures a detailed analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and their coping strategies. The report further provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to support MSMEs.
Jan 14, 2021
Diana Siddiqui, Evelyne Matibe, Olivia Obiero and Anup Singh
Jan 14, 2021
Diana Siddiqui, Evelyne Matibe, Olivia Obiero and Anup Singh
Sustaining savings groups linked to financial institutions amid the COVID-19 crisis
In this blog, we look at some of the recommendations put across by MSC on how savings groups can cope with the “new normal life” that has been brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, overcome the economic shocks, and build resilience against similar future pandemics.
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
Survival, recovery, and building resilience: Transformation of financial institutions in the times of COVID-19 – Part 2
This blog looks at how financial institutions can build upon the survival strategies to recover and transform during the COVID-19 pandemic and afterward.
Aug 21, 2020
Aug 21, 2020
Coping with COVID-19 in Kenya
This report offers a glimpse into the remarkable achievements, underlying challenges, and new opportunities amid the COVID-19 pandemic on the low and middle income (LMI) segment in Kenya.
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 19, 2020
Survival, recovery, and building resilience: Transformation of financial institutions in the times of COVID-19 – Part 1
The COVID 19 global pandemic has affected the lives, health, and livelihoods of entrepreneurs, and they have been struggling to repay loans from financial institutions. This blog highlights recommendation from MSC for financial institutions to survive in the wake of COVID-19.
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)- Kenya report
This report provides a detailed country-level view of the impact of COVID-19 on micro, small, and medium enterprises in Kenya. It also highlights their coping strategies and provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to support them.
Jul 21, 2020
Diana Siddiqui, Evelyne Matibe, Olivia Obiero and Anup Singh
Jul 21, 2020
Diana Siddiqui, Evelyne Matibe, Olivia Obiero and Anup Singh
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CICO agents- Uganda report
This report explores the impact of COVID-19 on CICO agents in Uganda. It also highlights the strategies agents adopted to stay afloat during the pandemic and provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to support these agents better.
Jul 15, 2020
Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Anup Singh, Aakash Mehrotra and Mohak Srivastava
Jul 15, 2020
Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Anup Singh, Aakash Mehrotra and Mohak Srivastava
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CICO agents- Kenya report
This report highlights the impact of COVID-19 on CICO (cash-in and cash-out) agents in Kenya and the issues they have faced while delivering financial services since the onset of the pandemic. It also offers recommendations to policymakers and digital financial service providers to address key concerns and help CICO agents continue their services.
Jul 13, 2020
Evelyne Matibe, Olivia Obiero, Anup Singh and Diana Siddiqui
Jul 13, 2020
Evelyne Matibe, Olivia Obiero, Anup Singh and Diana Siddiqui