Camilo Tellez-Merchan is a consultant whose work focuses on the use of the digital payments infrastructure in sectors such as energy, water and health.
This Brief describes CGAP’s initial supply-side scan of the emerging trend of mobile microinsurance. It analyzes the different provider models and explores the role played by mobile channels to date, with a view to providing an initial basis for understanding these developments
To illustrate the global landscape of Digital Finance Plus, CGAP has identified 55 companies providing innovative solutions in the energy, water, health and agriculture sectors.
Kytabu is a Kenyan-based company that offers a textbook subscription service where users can pay in small increments for individual chapters of textbooks and read the content on their cell phones. The company hopes to make educational materials much more accessible and affordable in Kenya.
Upon realizing that rural community water projects were often unsustainable due to poor accounting systems, Grundfos conceptualized a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) model that improves community water management by increasing transparency and reducing the reliance on cash.
