Region: Africa
Impact of COVID-19 on FinTechs: Côte d’Ivoire
This report attempts to gauge the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on FinTechs in Côte d’Ivoire and understand how the ecosystem adapted and evolved during 2020. It further sheds light on the measures policymakers announced to support FinTechs and their effectiveness.
May 5, 2021
Can digital approaches enable better access to formal financial services to MSMEs?
Financial institutions have a clear opportunity to enhance access to formal financial services for MSMEs. Let us examine from this blog whether digital approaches can give the needed access to MSMEs.
Apr 22, 2021
The Helix Institute at MSC Masterclass 2 with Leesa Shrader, AgriFin Accelerate Program Director at Mercy Corps
Leesa Shrader, the Director of the AgriFin Accelerate Program at Mercy Corps, speaks at The Helix Institute at MSC master class series.
Apr 21, 2021
How can financial institutions use digital transformation to help MSMEs recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?
This blog focus on how financial institutions can use digital transformation to help MSMEs recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 21, 2021
Digitizing the operations of MSMEs: A big step to strengthen their resilience
About 17% of businesses surveyed by MSC in India, Indonesia, Kenya, and the Philippines have closed due to local restrictions and low demand for goods and services. Meanwhile, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the informal sector fared worse. Digitization brings ample opportunities to MSMEs. More from this blog.
Apr 20, 2021
Many MSMEs are dying—can we realize the full potential of the digital revolution to save them?
This blog analyzes the existential crisis that is being faced by MSMEs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and goes further to explore whether exploring the full potential of the digital revolution can save them.
Apr 19, 2021