Region: Africa

The rapid digitization of work in the informal economy offers an opportunity to increase women’s participation in the labor force. However, women continue to grapple with a disproportionate burden of unpaid work at home. Thus, any tangible increase in women’s participation in the labor market will call for adequate social protections that reduce this burden. This blog discusses the importance of reimagining the social protection architecture for the digital economy.

In 2022, MSC focused on several sectors, including MSMEs, agriculture, microfinance, gender, youth, climate change, and digital finance. Most of our work revolved around using digital payments to arm people from the low- and moderate-income (LMI) segment and build their resilience. We are delighted to reshare our most-read blogs in 2022.

Timestamps of the webinar conducted on 8th December, 2022, on the topic “Financial Diaries research and it’s future”. See the time stamps below for a better viewing experience.

The blog presents findings from a research study commissioned by CGAP in partnership with MicroSave Consulting (MSC). The research intends to identify good practices of responsible agents in safeguarding their customers’ data. It also sheds light on the role of providers in promoting these practices in Uganda. The study also examines how Uganda’s Data Privacy & Protection Act has helped strengthen providers’ data protection practices.

Timestamps of the webinar conducted on 2nd December, 2022, on the topic “Climate Resilient Agriculture, Virtual Breakfast Club” : How investments in Agtech startups enhance service offerings to build the resilience of smallholders farmers. See the time stamps below for a better viewing experience.

We used the FinAccess data to develop a composite score-based index. This index helped us segment these MSMEs based on their sophistication levels to identify their business needs and growth opportunities and maximize their business sophistication levels. In this blog, we discuss our findings from this segmentation exercise.