Recent Blogs
How Fintechs Could Digitize Store Credit in the Arab World
People in the Arab world rely on store credit almost twice as much as people in other regions. Here are three ways fintechs could digitize this type of credit.
Financial Inclusion Opportunities and Challenges in Tunisia
Financial inclusion is becoming a priority in Tunisia, and the Ministry of Finance aims at modernizing the entire financial sector by 2020. There are many opportunities, but progress will require public and private entities to work together.
How Speed Dating Led to Progress on Digital Finance in Tunisia
Despite having all the necessary ingredients for digital financial services to take off, less than four percent of Tunisians use mobile financial services. What does it take to move a market beyond stalemate?
La Poste Tunisienne: A Powerful Tool for Financial Inclusion
There are six million postal financial accounts in Tunisia, impressive for a population of 11 million. In fact, La Poste is the best known and first cited financial institution in Tunisia and shows great promise for financial inclusion.
Hopes for More Financial Inclusion in the Arab World
For the Arab World, 2011 was historic. The year brought much hope and a sense of opportunity as Arabs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Gulf saw the possibility of a future without dictatorship, corruption and hypocrisy – the reasons underlying the poverty, unemployment, and political grievances which sparked the Arab Spring.
Measures to Overcome Revolution-Induced Problems
The poor are always the first losers in times of economic downturn and the micro-enterprise sector in Tunisia has been hard hit.
From Microcredit to Microfinance: Ambitions for Tunisia
After the revolution of January 2011, Tunisians experienced poverty at a level far more critical than official statements had suggested. Microfinance has quickly been identified as one of the tools that can help reduce inequalities, address exclusion, and strengthen the country’s economic fabric.
Can Mobile Money Support Post-Conflict Development?
There's been a great deal of excitement over the last few years regarding the potential for mobile money to solve a host of development problems. An increasing number of post-conflict countries are all experimenting with or thinking about mobile money implementations. In addition to the normal issues and challenges facing policymakers and service providers, post-conflict and post-disaster countries face additional problems that merely serve to exacerbate the overall challenges with mobile money.
Should Successful Arab MFIs Expand their Role Post the Revolution
Here we are with an MFI which has to prepare itself for a new era where, for the first time, there is serious talk about new microfinance law/regulations.