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Blog Series

Digital Finance in WAEMU

In recent years, WAEMU has experienced significant private sector activity to develop digital finance solutions showing exciting promises for financial inclusion in the region. Yet, deployments and adoption is uneven across the eight countries and there are still important obstacles. This blog series raises awareness on recent progress and ongoing challenges for digital finance in WAEMU.

Farmers in Cote d'Ivoire
Blog
28 May 2015

Cocoa Producers in Côte d’Ivoire: Cash vs. Digital

Branchless banking presents an enormous opportunity for smallholder cocoa producers in Côte d’Ivoire, a client segment that contributes to up to 10% of the countries GDP.
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Blog
13 March 2015

Agent Network Expansion: What Can We Learn from Cote d’Ivoire?

The mobile money market in Cote d’Ivoire has boasted impressive acceleration in terms of registered customers, but the number of transaction points in the distribution networks has also seen tremendous growth.
Woman talking on phone, Ghana
Blog
16 January 2015

Benin’s Expansion of Digital Finance

The market for digital financial services in Benin shows potential. However, major barriers need to be addressed for digital finance to thrive and contribute to financial inclusion.
Manko
Blog
12 January 2015

When Digital Meets Traditional Banking: A New Concept in Senegal

With the launch of Manko in 2013, Société Générale de Banques au Sénégal (SGBS) is one of the few commercial banks that could potentially disrupt the market and redefine the role of banks in Senegal and WAEMU more broadly.
cotedivoiresnapshot
Blog
17 December 2014

Digital Finance in Cote d’Ivoire: Ready, Set, Go!

On the surface, Cote d’Ivoire may seem like an unlikely contender to challenge the digital financial success in East Africa. However, the country has great potential to be the next digital finance success story.
A lady in Senegal uses a mobile phone
Blog
11 December 2014

Is Digital Finance Hitting its Stride in WAEMU?

Digital finance is advancing in WAEMU, but within the region there are eight countries all with unique markets facing disparate challenges. When it comes to mobile money and financial inclusion, the question for some is "where do you start?"

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